The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1904, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL | i RIS R Be Bank ELBRIDGE G dent agn e and President. KEITH t National 1904, by Bowles.) g man who would be- ccessful bank president first Joseph B that he may form & as possible of the are called upon to ins over the affairs institutions. Next general of a bank closely the have made Above all, thorough itself, and \\.H be gained by k. Early in hat he will ement by hard study which he picks up in ine duties. In ad- he can about his ould keep his eyes ng on in the out- e condi- E ea en: who guiding r duties study men the then which in bankir the wi o sup z - E e > S "2 —+ a probable candidate for the that he is presidency | The duties performed by !rrosldcnt or vice presidents, as the be, the vice | | case may are, as a rule, parallet | | to those of the president. who gener- ally has more work upon his shoulders than he can do himself. Naturally, however, the vice president does not | have the same responsibility for the bank’s affairs”as the chief executive. | In different banks the line of work, | of course, varies somewhat, but in most banks it is about as outlined | above. i " Making Ends Meet. BY CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS, D. D. | [Author of “The Loom of Life," ete.] | (Copyright, 1904, by Joseph B. Bowles.) | I should say (off hand) that one-half | of all the troubles of matrimony are | matters of money. The problem of “making ends meet” ets onto human | nerves.” Its solution is a stern and| imperious necessity that haunts us day | and night. It can never be disposed nf{ for good and all, but recurs to-day with | the same horrible complexities as yes- terday and will come back to us to- morrow fjust as grimly. I have heard of a lunatic in an in- sane asvlum who wanders around the| grounds trying to bring the two ends of a rubber band together around the trunks of the trees. The poor fellow | had gone crazy trying to “make ends meet.” And wasn't it quite enough to drive him wild? Think of the genius and the agony that you yourself have put into the effort and thepn multiply this by the numbers of individuals in your community, and you will form some cohception of the strain that is bearing on the nerves of the human race. There are four or five combinations | which affect the success or failure of people to make ends meet. t A woman is extravagant, when a| man is economical. (The agent of lhe‘ mortgage company says that this is not the case in most of the homes of the ad aring on t s of business and finance. poor, and to this the superintendent of | The prw dent of a bank is the con- | & 8reat insurance company agreed. Ir} the money deposited with | the men would give their wages to their | 1 with the capital s a would be greatly im-| s stockholders. ;.xu\»-i think. Probably in lhe, of his positjon is better-to-do classes, where women are in such a way that treated as darlings rather than help- | profitable returns. Ieets it is different.) responsibility for A man is extravagant when the wu»\ which the rey- man is economical. » derived. This | Both are thrifty—and they become 1 knowledge of such will net only pay misers. Both are spendthrifts—and they go to, which be readiiy Tuin. Wiy Mt g o3 o0k Now, measure, if you can, the irrita- | < it will be seen that the tions of such possibie relationships! A s g e e, [ and moils” and sees his owledge of the general field antile and manufacturing nd know the methods by iness of wvarious kinds is 3 In fact, he should be ac- uainted with the affairs of everything which he bases credit. For in- g money on stocks of st know as to whether the priee at they are being sold. It will be vantage if he has touched elbows with men of all lines of busi- ness, for he must be a good judge of human nature in addition to having a broad knowle » of business affairs. stance loa v kind he mu r merits are near A business man comes to 2 bank presi- dent for 2 loan. The latter must not only acquire a definite knowledge of the m s of t at man’'s business, but him with the borrower's business ability, general dir g in the business world and also able to read his character. when 2 young man goes 1k it is as a messen- “title” aptly designates the will perform. He will carry collect city drafts and later on possibly be put and directing the lay the foundation for his career as a “banker.” One thing of advantage he will gain in this Thie work will be con t with business men. E also w. become familiar with drafts, notes and bills of lading, ar have an opportunity to learn the meaning of the various terms used in the banking business. From messenger he will graduate into the »kkeeping department, where he will first be put to work copying and keeping a record of out of town clearing-house items. Thence he will go into the clearing-house de- partment, in which checks going into the clearing-house are prepared. This work wakes him up and tends to make him rapid and accurate. Next would probably be advanced to the position o nent clerk, whose du- ties consist of ping a record of «hecks of certain depositors and oth- | erwise helping to keep the bank’s hooks in balance. By the time he has proved himself capable in this work bookkeeper, in which position he will keep the accounts of merchants and bankers doing business with the reasonable 1o suppose that had a thorough Z on the re will not only know the inside workings of the bank, Lut will have gained a pretty good idex of the people doimg business with and their standing. With knowledge he would be equipped to become a receiving teller, whose work | it is to receive deposits and charge them to the proper departments. Pay- ing teller is next in the line of pro- motion. The paying teller, paid over the counter amd has charge all the actual cash in the bank. Then come the offi of the bank —assistant cashier, cashier, vice pres- ident and president. The duties of the assistant cashier, of course, are di- rectly in line with those of the cash- jer, who is the responsible executive head of the bank. This officer has direct supervision over the heads of all departments. In most cases, how- ever, the cashier is more than an ex- ecutive officer. With the broad knowledge of business and business people and the intimate acquaintance of the bank’s customers, which he must necessarily have, the cashier js often called uvon to do much of the same sort of work as the president, and therefore in many instances the roung man who has worked his way up to the former position will find of he | ill be in line for promotion as a | this | with his | essistants, jooks out for all the money | hard-earned money scattered like chaff before the wind. By and by he gets sensitive, and then—morose. “What do they care for me? All they value me | for is to earn money for them to spend! 1 may wear myself out and drop in my harness—and their only feeling will be one of indignation,” he says to himself, until love dies in his heart. Or a woman who longs for the noble | life that only thrift can procure, sees | her husband frittering away his money on cigars, or dropping it into slot ma- | chines, while she and the children have | scant share of the very necessities or\ life. No wonder she broods over it until | she becomes embittered! Reproaches begin to be heard. Quar- ‘I reling follo Then comes separation | or the divorce court. Now, this is what I have to say. people want happy homes they must | arrive at a mutual agreement about the | use of money. There are certain in-| exorable laws which they break at their peril. Along the path of obedience to| these laws, and along that path alone, | they may travel to the goal of domestic | felicity. | 1. We must live within our incomes. | 2. We must save emergencies. 3. We must agree absolutely as to the objects of expenditure. 4. Neither one of us may indulge ln\ a purely selfish luxury. 5. Whoever handles the money ought | to give the other an “allowance.” Perhaps the last is not the least, for | nothing in the world so belittles and degrades a grown-up person as to keep | asking for little driblets of mony. The | man who does not give his wife an | allowance does her a gross injustice and dwarfs his own soul. She never ought to have to beg. He nevef ought to question her honesty or judgment. It takes a saint not to become mean—if he doles out money to his wife as it she were a dependent. Such a woman summoned up her courage one day and asked her husband if he wouldn't take | her to the theater with him. His eyes widened, and he replied in tones of sol- emn indignation: “Don’t I always tell vou what I've seen and heard when I come home? What more do you want?” A man ought to be a gentleman—to | be married. Nothing is more imperative and nothing more difficult than for hus- bands and wives to arrive at this per- | fect understanding about the use of their income. I have known of a woman whose heart was broken into little bits because her husband told her that she was not “saving.” She con- | founded the word “saving” with “econ- omy,” and felt insulted. She was eco- nomical, but not saving. ‘“Economy” . makes money go a long way, but “sav- ing” lands it in the bank.. “Economy” is good, but it is “saving” that turns | rainy days to sunshine. Women are likely to be economical and not saving, men to be saving and not economical. Hear the conclusion of the whole matter: No home will be happy where ;money is not expended wisely. it something for | Worth Repeating. The following from the Livermore Leader can bear repetition: “The San Francisco Call is rapidly coming to the front as the leading home paper among the big dailies. No better evidence of this could be cited then the fact that of its issue of Sun- day, January 31, there were printed and distributed 85,440 full and complete coples of forty-four pages each, requir- llng the use of over 50,000 pounds of paper. We are pleased to note the rapid strides of The Call in the matter of cir- cuh.tion, as it iz one of the brightest, wm and newsiest of newspapers deserving of the increasing support 'wh!cl it is receiving.” 7 A [ outrage. | ception of the civilization of the United States. THE SAN FRANGISCO CALL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1904 ]OHND ‘HE(IH.S.PMM..........M&AECmmnnhtbnsh]OflNMAUGflT Manager PRMUORIIGE QBIOD . ..oieobsinsisns shotispantinest @ reetvesersseisssiseses - Third and Market Streets, S. F. THLRSDA\ g .FEBRUARY 18, 1904 RUSSIAN PRACTICES. SYMPOSIUM for Japanese and Russians had been arranged in New York, that representatives of the two nations might meet on neutral ground and state their case, or merely enjoy social association with Americans, if they would have it so. ’[he Russians stayed away, giving agwa reason that American public sentiment is unfriendly to them. Why should it not be so? Their country repeatedly broke its promise to ours to evacuate Manchuria. It at- | tempted to force China into the secret treaty of last year, and when our Minister at Peking detected the scheme and notified his Government of it Russia demied the transaction and openly impeached the veracity of the American Minister. Subsequently it was disclosed be- yond dispute that our Minister was exactly gorrect .in his report. While our Government has properly ‘main- | tained a dignified attitude in the matter, its opinion of the Russian sort of diplomacy has been expressed in its continued confidence in our Minister. If Russia’s at- tack on him had been truthful, he would have been re- called for deceiving his Government to the disadvantage of a friendly power. The American people are free to express themselves, and to go beyond the passive attitude of their Govern- ment. Their disposition to do so has been enhanced by the pro-Russian position of Mr. Michael Davitt. Amer- ica has its commercial rights in Eastern Asia, and will use all the resources of diplomacy to prevent Russia again closing the opposite coast. Pacific America is vi- tally interested, for the Asian coast is to our trade what Europe is to the Atlantic seaboard, We woh the Pa- cific Ocean with our navy in Manila Bay, and do not propose to have it turned into a Russian lake.* This country is aware of the ambition of Russia to be the ruler of all Asia. That ambition is shown by the Czar's testy temper concerning the British expedition in- to Tibet, and his designs upon the Indian frontier. Look at the map, and drop the Russian frontier from Batoum | to the Persian Gulf and thence around Cape Comorin, to include hither and farther India, Burmah, and, excepting French Indo-China, the whole Asian coast to Viadivo- stok, and what use is the Pacific Ocean to us? Yet that is the comprehensive plan of the Muscovite. It is not venturing too far to say that with such a Russia our own position will be exposed to the same peril that is now upon Japan, for the grasping ambition that is capable of such a plan will not stop with the con- | trol of one coast of the Pacific. It is not in the interest of the human race, nor of civilization, to permit the ag- gregation of such a power. Therefore, our diplomatic move to protect the integrity of China. We have committed no aggression upon Russia any- where, yet her brutal Cossacks have not respected our flag consulate. American sentiment is fully alive to what goes on wherever the Russian foot is planted. Her soldiers have always been brutal wherever a Russian grmy has appeared. The word brutal is used with full knowledge of its unfitness, and its affront to our brethren that breathe in the flesh, the beasts that perish, for no four-footed thing, no reptile that crawls crookedly, and no bird of prey that flies in the air, was ever guilty of the atrocities of Russian soldiery on the Rhine and in Asia. The laws of war require safe conduct to non-comba- tants out of the territory of an enemy. The Japanese civilians escaping from the Russian zone in Manchuria have been robbed, beaten and subjected to unspeakable The neutral rights of Germans and Americans have been violated, and the Russian officers have failed to control their fiendish subordinates. Japanese prison- and our | ers of war have been treated with the utmost cruelty | and inhumanity, and, while these things have been going on, not a Russian in Japan has been even demonstrated against. The Russian Minister and his countrymen in Seoul have been given safe conduct and treated with respect, and wounded Russian prisoners of war are being carefully treated in Japanese hospitals. If Russia expect that these events will not impress | public sentiment in this country, then she has no con- War is not what it was in the time of Rurik and things have changed much since the days of Catherine II. Russia cannot play the part of Hyder Ali in the Carnatic, nor even of Louis XIV in the Palatinate, and hold a place | among the civilized nations. Japan is recognized as her superior in all the respects that make a country an ac- | ceptable member of the family of nations. Two months ago Russia appealed to Christendom for sympathy in a controversy with a pagan nation. If her policy at home and her practices abroad are illustrative of Christianity, then give us pagandom in preference, if Japan be its ex- ponent. The Japanese persecute no one on account of religion. They areé hospitable to the rights of con- science, and yield to every man’s altar the same respect they desire to be shown to theirs. They are frank and open and truthful in their diplomacy. The soldiers of Japan abstain ftom robbery and outrage, and they ob- serve the laws of war as laid down in the Geneva con- vention. The foregoing is, we believe, a fair statement of the reasons that exist in our national policy and in the senti- ment of our people, for lack of sympathy with Russia in this country. It will be seen that we have not manu- factured those reasons. They exist in the policy and practices of Russia herself. _ An explanation of the unprepared condition of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur is given in the assertion that the officers of the fighting ships were interested spec- tators at a circus that evening. What an aggregation of clowns these samé officers nve to the world, thou.h, before morning dawned A CHAPTER ON MICROBES. BRUSSELS scientist has just announced to a A listening worlg that in every clasp of the hand between man and man there lurks a danger of hideous death. For, according to this savant, in this ex- pression of amity there are exchanged from 40,000 to 80,000 microbes of all degrees of virulence. A man may thus wipe off upon the palm of his dearest friend enough germs to start an embalmed beef factory or he may set his deadliest enemy upon the quick path to sudden dis- solution. All are not equally endowed by these patho- genic protoplasms according to the Belgian doctor. Sur- geons, sausage-makers, barbers, leather-dressers and dealers in the delectable tripe have, upon conservative estimate, 80,000 mites to the square inch upon their hands and far up their arms. They should be pariahs in the modern body antiseptic of this commonwealth of science which is ours. mmmmflthnh@gfm kind which comes from over seas demands the instant attention of every individual in every walk of life. For now which of us is there who does not carry about upon his innocent palm forces more terrible than those locked up in nitro-glycerine? Who is there who can truth- fully stand before the temple and announce to the ark that he brings with him clean hands? Vain thought! We are all of us but incubators of unrighteousness, more perfect of action and more prolific of production than the pride of Petaluma hatcheries. Especially fearsome is this dread discovery of the pro- fessors, coming as it does upon the eve of a Democratic convention, where the glad hand is to be extended and the calumet of peace is to be handed around the motley circle. Come William Jennings Bryan with the ancient bug of the Kansas City platform just burning his palm; Gorman, his dexter and sinister reeking with the anti- Panama microtherm; Olney, now almost immune from the Cleveland incubus, and all the rest of that motley band of braves who are to gather in all harmony. When the Parker hand, the Bryan hand, the Gorman hand, has each passed about among the delegates its own particu- lar breed of germs and the fever begins to rise, what a pitiable slaughter of innocents will there be. There is only one way by which the convention dele- gates may counteract the effect of this dreadful distri- bution of political microbes and hope to meet in a com- paratively sanitary atmosphere. Let each of the “unin- structed” come with medicated gauze upon his hands | and his ears stuffed with absorbent cotton, like Ulysses of | old, so that the piping of the sirens may not penetrate unto his heart. Let there be ever in the air the spray of an antiseptic engine to catch the bacilli which emanate from the silver tongued, and let it be the law that if Bryan speak he must have chloride of lime in the crown of his hat. One of the victorious Japanese admirals now operating with distinction in the Yellow Sea is a graduate of An- napolis. He was a good student and shows that he is a | sure master of the art of naval warfare. There is no | small measure of satisfaction in the thought that whoever | learns in our schools of peace or of war is taught his | lesson well. THE RUBBER SUPPLY. HE presence here of Mr. Pearson, an expert in the I growth and supply of indiarubber, suggests again that some investigation be made of the capacity of California to grow some of the rubber-producing plants. | That important commercial article is furnished by a number of trees and vines, some widely differing in their botanical characteristics. The rubber from Central America is furnished by the Castilloa elastica, related to the breadfruit tree, and by the Manihot, connected with the widely distributed spurge family of plants, as is the Hevea, another large rubber producer. The East In- dian rubber is produced by the Ficus elastica, related to the fig, and that of Africa by plants of the dogbane fam- ily. Much rubber is also yielded by a sturdy vine that grows in Central and South America. In view of the considerable distribution botanically of the rubber-yielding plants, it is quite worth while to test them in California. Spurge is a quite common American plant, distributed from our western deserts to | the north Atlantic coast. We have also plants of the | dogbane family and our fig tree is related to the Ficus | elastica. We have done so much in proving the hos- | pitality of our soil and climate to exotics, entirely, how- | ever, in the line of fruit and ornamental trees, that it is worth while to test it in rubber. If the Agricultural De- partment at Washington would undertake it, in some of | its experimental stations in this State, the result would be watched with interest. Most of the rubber-producing lants are of quite rapid growth and of long life. The iothermals of their habitat extend into California, and cnly experiment can prove absolutely that they cannot be made profitable here. The industry has the advantage of the absence of dis- eases and lack of insect enemies of the tree. Mr. Pear- son reports that in the East Indies, where the coffee and tea plantations are exterminated by predatory insects, the rubber is being substituted with success. There is a fascination in this quest for plants of economic value, that may be made profitable here. It has already | young fellow. ,put out his right hand and said: The Doctor’s Violets. Dr. Al McKenzie has a keen ap- preciation of the fitness of things. Like all model men, he Dbe- lieves in hieing himself to his family fireside immediately after the cares of the office, there to remain, safe out of harm's way, except on lodge nights of the Knights Templar. How- ever, one day recently the doctor was detained uncommonly late downtown with some lodge members, discussing the figure 8's they were to cut in the next competitive drill of the comman- dery. The time sped, on until the doc- tor noticed that it was far past his dinner hour. Something must be done. He finally decided that he would bring to his fam- ily a floral peace offering in lieu of an olive branch. A beautiful bouquet | of violets was bought. He walked to | & corner and stood awaiting a car, hold- |ing the flowers behind him out of harm’s way. Suddenly he felt a nib- bling and knew intuitively that all was not well with the blooms. He looked into the darkness and there stood a meek-eyed horse licking his chops over the last of the fragrant blossoms, hav- ing graciously left their stumps for the doctor. Recognizing that fate was leagued against the righteous, he board- ed the car for home, confident in his power to explain away that which the mute tongued but fickle violets had so miserably failed to do. A Forlorn Hope. “Judge,” gasped a wild-eyed young fellow the other day as he rushed into the chambers of Justice of the Peace Lawson, “have you recorded my mar- riage license yet?” “No,” replied the Judge, recognizing the young fellow as a man whom he | had married only the day before. “Thank the Lord,” came with a sigh of relief from the lips of the breathless “She left me this morn- ing and skipped out with a soldier who had just got paid off. I got here as quick as I could, as I knew that un- less the license was recorded we were not married.” He almost fell in a faint when the Judge told him that recording the li- | cense had no effect on the marriage. “I am sorry,” said the Judge, “but you are still very much married.” The Line of Life. It is not generally known that the late Police Judge Campbell was told by a female palmist a few months prior to his death that he had not long to live and that his death would be sud- den and uneXpected. ‘The Judge at the time was in robust health and looked far from his end. It was at a case in his court when one of the witnesses declared she was a palmist. While being cross-examined the attorney scoffingly referred to her alleged mystic powers, making her angry. The Judge in a spirit of fun ‘Can you tell my future?” The palmist looked at the lines on the palm of his hand for an instant and remained sflent. “What do you see?” asked the Judge, and the woman replied: *“I | would rather not say."” The Judge in- sisted and she said: “Well, I can see that the life line is broken and that you will meet with a sudden death be- fore this year is out.”” The Judge laughed and said he was more than ever satisfled that palmistry was all humbug. The prediction of the palmist was fulfilled. In a few months the Judge was laughing and joking one night with some friends at the headquarters of the Order of Chosen Friends when he camplained of a pain in his heart and- died in a few minutes. Me and Pat McBride. Stretching away on every hand, A fair domain you see— A part belongs to Pat McBride, brought to us the whole citrus family, and the Greek fig, and the date, and is about to domesticate here the finest and highest priced date known, which will grow on the Colorado Desert. Only trial and experiment have pro- duced these results, which are merely a prospectus of what may be continued by effort and adventure in that direction. The Agricultural Department has just decided to es- tablish an experimental station on fifty acres of land near Chico, and it has other stations in Southern California. It is to be hoped that our members of Congress will urge that rubber plants, especially those of the spurge and ficus families, be experimented with in both locali- ties. Many owners of land would be glad to experi- ment themselves, if the department can supply them with the plants and with such information as it pos- sesses, or can secure, as to the rhethods of growth. s s Reports of a general raid by thieves upon the money and jewels of American women resident and participat- ing in the gay whirl on the Riviera have been persistent elements of news from Europe for several days. The only feature of these stories fortifying their truth is that there is not a single actress or prospective histrionic star among the alleged victims, A COME-OUTER. I treaty made by Senator Clark of Arkansas was the brave act of a come-outer. It was a frank, HE speech for Panama, the President and the canal bold and deserved indorsement of the President by a Senator belonging to a party whose ancient policy held in the days of its vigor has been carried out by the TR m President in his dealing with Panama. - The Senator pointed to_the States in the South whose Legislatures reflect public sentiment by instructing their Senators to vote for the treaty. Texas, Louisiana and Mis- sissippi bave all so instructed, and in other Southern States the great commercial bodies have done the same. Senator Clark argued from this that the Democratic party is not anti-Panama, and that it is not opposed to the Presiflent’s action and policy, and that position is probably well taken. This means that the time spent by Mr. Gorman in trying to make a party issue of it has been time wasted. As Senator Clark has led !he way, others on that side of the Senate will follow and there will be a speedy end to an Mhdnoh‘humoflnflnnbomhe A part belongs to me. I own the golden light of morn, With all the tints that play Upon the springing grass and corn— Pat owns the corn and hay. 1 own the catbird, thrush and jay, The larks that sing and soa Pat owns the barnyard fowls that stay About the stable door. And when the shadows on yon stream Are changing every hour, I own the right to float and dream, Pat owns the water power. Mine is the murmur of this rill, Whose sweet tones never cease, But all the air with music fill— Pat owns that flock of geese. I own yon creamy summer cloud That o'er the meadow floats Like some pure angel in a shroud— Pat owns the Berkshire shoats. Pat does me a world of good, Whfle I do Pat no harm— And on these terms well understood, ‘We both enjoy the farm. —Commercial Advertiser. I__eap Year in the Senate. A Western Senator, whose name is suppressed, but who ranks among the eligible widowers of the “august Sen- ate,” was the recipient of a leap year proposition the other day. Nebraska is conspicuously in the eligible list, and possibly the tender suggestion points our way. Evidently it reached a Sen- ator who was not in a receotive mood, else the heart-appealing missive would not appear in the garish columns of the Post. The lady in the case hails from Kansas and this is her style: “Dear Senator: I read you are one of the widowers of the Senate who weuld more than likely be the one who would be next to get married. Now, I write you this to ask you, if you are not engaged to any lady, if you would consider myself as a candidate for that sacred trust. I am a widow, 56 years old, and should like a good and loving husband, one whom I could love and trust. I find life too lonesome to live without a good man. You may think this very impertinent in me to writa you, but I assure you I am no ad- venturess, only one who is so lonely, and there are no eligible men in this town. “I will wait with patience your an- swer; thea I will tell you more of my- self and who I am.” The Senator’s response to this tender missive was 'lm-n by his secregary, ek +____________’_’,——————+ TALK OF THE 'I;OWIE * who Is an unfeeling man and fully capable of slamming the door in the face of hope.—Omaha Bee. Straining Mercy. Democratic Lehder Willlams in his reply to Mr, Boutell in the House told an anecdote of old-time Tennessee poli- tics. He prefaced it with some refer- ence to the defeat of Meredith P. Gen- try, an old line Whig, for Governor by Andrew Johnson, afterward President. Gentry went into a state of decline soon after the election, his wife died and he was chagrined because he “had been run over by that calf,” having held Johnson in great contempt. “Gentry became more and more mel- ancholy,” sald Mr. Williams, “until fin- ally a lot of old Whigs concluded to in- vite him to Knoxville to the house of old Dr. Sandy Williams and have a party of friends meet him there and have a nice time and make him forget | his sorrows. “In those days the gentlemen had their long-necked demijohns with their whisky, and these old Tennessee Whigs drank until pretty late at night, when old Sandy said: “ ‘Gentlemen, you know it is the cus- tom of my house whenever there is a minister of the gospel present to have prayers before we retire. Brother Brownlow (Parson Brownlow) will now lead us in prayer.’ “Brother Brownlow, who was power- ful in prayer, expanded and expanded, and began t& pray for everything. At last he said: “‘And, O Lord, if in thy infinite mercy it be possible, have mercy also upon Andrew Johnson.’ “Then it was that Meredith P. Gen- try, great man that he was, arose with tears streaming down his face and ex- claimed: “ ‘Stop, Mr. Brownlow, stop; exhaust the fount of infinite mercy. you will Name for Mukden. A name is wanted that will correctly and adequately describe an iniand city which is open to the trade of the world, a city not approachable by water, and one where the so-called “open door” policy prevails. A writer in the Wash- ington Times, referring to the search for a suitable name for such a city, says: “James W. Davidson, United States Consul at Tamsui, Formosa, who has just returned from Manchuria, where he investigated commercial conditions for the State Department, has tried for three months to invent the much-need- ed word, but has finally given it up. Mukden, Manchuria, the city’ which is to be opened to our trade by the new commercial treaty between this coun- try and China, is the city of citles in need of just the designation Mr. David- son has sought to coin. It is inland, consequently the term port conveys the wrong idea concerning the city. It has been designated by the press as an ‘open port,” and the result is that most persons think it a seaport. It not only cannot be approached by water, but it is not on the railroad. Mr. Davidson does not approve of the term ‘open city,’ as it suggests a city where the moral tonme is not up to standard. “Treaty city’ is not definite enough. ‘Free city’ is also objected to on the ground that it may mean many other things besides a city opem to foreign trade.” va ‘Answers to Queries. TOTEM POLES—N., City. The totem pole in Seattle, Wash., is about sixty feet in height, being ome of the tallest found in Aalaska, from which Territory it was brought. Bach totem pole in Alaska is supposed to repre- sent a distinctive branch of a family. BOULDER CREEK—A Subseriber, Fresno, Cal. As the letter of inquiry does not give the year of the heavy rainfall at Boulder Creek, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the following records taken at that place for the ‘Weather Bureau are given: December, 1889, 38.72 inches; January, 1890, 29.40; February 1891, 34.03; Decem- ber, 1894, 30.53 HEAVY DOWNPOUR — A Sub- scriber, Fresno, Cal. From an article in the February number of Climate and Crops, 1902, by George H. Wili- son of the Weather Bureau, it ap- pears that the heaviest rainfall in California for a number of years past was at Branscomb, Mendocino County, when the record for the month named was 44.35 inches, The next heaviest in the same period was at Delta, Shasta County, 39.82. The greatest daily fall was at Mount St. Helena, 7 inches, and the record at Branscomb was for one day 6.60. During that month the greatest daily fall at Delta, which had the second greatest rainfall for the month, was but 5.50. The fall of rain at Branscomb during that Feb- ruary was, for one acre of ground. 1,205,637 gallons or 5017 tons. This fall of 7 inches at Mount $t. Helena in twenty-four hours was equal to 190,078 gallons, or 791 tons, for one acre of ground.