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THE JINGO BOOBY OF JAMAICA
PROBABLY the single reasonable inference to be drawn from
the Sweitenham international episode is that the Governor of
lamaica is a monumental idiot, with the manners of a boor.
The prompt repudiation and condemnation of his astonishing
behavior by the British press and public deprives the affair of any
international significance. \ Swettenham is interesting only as a
queer survival of nearly extinct prejudice. Whether he imagined
that Admiral Davis had come to take Jamaica and make him a
prisoner to be dragged in triumph through the streets of Wash
ington, or whether he was merely suffering from earthquake
hysteria, it is scarcely worth while to inquire.
For Governor Swettenham the dead were dead, and they might
bury themselves at leisure. If there were sick or wounded they could
wait. If thieves were abroad he could attend to them, and, in fact,
he came very near telling Admiral Davis in so many words that
he was a liar — a blarsted Yankee liar. Then he turns sarcastic and
draws a parallel between the burglary of a millionaire's house in
New York and the condition of Kingston ravaged by fire and earth
quake. A burglary committed in Xew York would be no excuse
for the landing of an armed party by a British admiral. The close
ness of the parallel is too obvious.
One wonders how many Swettenhams are still at large. We
cannot say that we are entirely free from the breed. The blather
skite with a chip on his shoulder and aching to whip all creation is
not altogether extinct. But we should have been glad to think that
in an hour of distress, when help was proffered in common humanity,
lhe jingo official booby might have understood that he would com
promise a whole nation by exhibiting himself as an unfeeling and
ill-mannered blockhead. It is humiliating for Great Britain.
«
DISBAND THE SCHOOL FRATERNITIES
IN many of the Eastern States and in parts of California school
boards have taken action to suppress the fraternities and sorori
ties, so called, in the common schools. The recent suicide of
a girl student at a local school because of the jealousies
and rivalries attributed to associations of this kind furnishes a
striking illustration of the dangers that may arise from such societies
when carried to extremes. It may be urged that z similar case might
not occur again in a hundred years, but that is not the point. The
danger arises from the fact that these associations furnish an in
jurious, distracting influence. The youthful mind is impressible
and easily molded. The public opinion of a school concentrated
by association comes to regard these fraternities as the most im
portant affair of their life. Jealousies, heart burnings, rivalries and
intrigues distract the minds of students. An atmosphere of politics
pervades the institution. •
Very much the same conditions are found in the universities.
t The boys and girls come to regard the fraternities as the first and
, greatest thing in university life. The student body is split up in
i cliques and factions. They ape the fashions of older folk. Worst
!of all, the fraternity breeds snobs and fosters an undemo
jcratic spirit.
Studies are neglected to keep up the pace with fraternity func
jtions. There are altogether too many "student activities'' that clash
jwith the business of education. It was only the other day that the
' Stanford faculty conditioned several score of the leading spirits
of the student body. They had been busy at everything but learn-
It may not be possible to put an end to this business at the
universities. When a boy attains that age he is supposed \o have
some discretion and responsibility. It is probably better to cultivate
j a sense of responsible y than to keep him too long in leading strings,
;but all that theory does not apply to 'high school boys and girls.
: They are of an age when discipline is of the highest importance.
, They are not emacipated from parental control, and it is most in
jurious to themselves that they should be permitted to imagine
> anything of the kind. In the line of this necessary and beneficial
\u25a0 discipline the Board of Education should make a rule forbidding
'under penalties the organization or maintenance of common school
RUEF KNOWS IT
THE Call congratulates Supervisor Tvcitmoe and Supervisor
O'N'eil on their sense of official propriety and -rectitude that
impels them to refuse contact with the weekly caucuses oi
their colleagues, at which Abe Ruef is the guiding and pre
, siding spirit. No more shameless exhibition of boss rule flaunting
i its power in defiance of the people, has ever been witnessed in
; zny American city since the day when Boss Tweed asked ,the decent
; people of New York, "What are you going to do about it?"
TVeed went to jail. That is what the people did about it.
\u25a0 Rucf will follow the same road, for all his squirming and pettifog
ging. He knows it arid shows that he knows it by the way he
dodges and twists.
LOOK OUT FOR HUGHES
ftTT EEP your eye on Hughes is a word that runs through the
L 4 prevailing political comment of the country. His message
| \_ on assuming the Governorship of Xew York has attracted
more attention than any other public document issued this
year, including the President's voluminous output of messages on
.every conceivable topic Unlike the reception accorded to most of
EDITORIAL PAGE
Roosevelt's outgivings, the comment on Hughes has been uniformly
favorable, whether they came from political backers or opponents.
Chiefly attention was drawn by the recommendation \u25a0 that a
recount should be had of the votes cast for Hearst and McClellan in
the Xew York Mayoralty election. It furnishes a strange commen
tary on contemporary politics that this recommendation should
appear so startling. Every newspaper editor in New York has
known for more than a year that common justice entitled Hearst to
a recount, but not one of them— except Hearst — has ever dared to
say so. Now that Hughes has had the courage to tell' the truth the
partisan newspapers have suddenly and clamorouslydiscovered that
they knew it all the time. But they are totally blind to the humor of
the situation.
Besides the recount matter Hughes made some radical promises.
Among these are the abolition of the State Railroad Commission and
several other useless bodies of that kind. But possibly the under
taking that will have the most important results is the promise to
hold aij investigation of banking methods in New York. From the
frantic resistance made to the holding of an investigation oi} the
banks during his predecessor's term it is commonly believed that
even worse scandals than those of the life insurance investigation
will be uncovered. New York City is headquarters for political
banking. i
MRS. J. LE ROY NICKEL, .who
is spending the winter with her
father. Henry Miller, at the
Horace Hill home at Laguna
and Sacramento streets, which he pur
chased recently, has sent out cards for
a. bridge party on Tuesday. January 29.
at which she will entertain a large
number of guests.
Captain Henry B. Clark. U- S. A.;
Captain Louis Brecherain Jr.. U. S. A.;
Lieutenant Guy K. Manning, U. S. A.,
and Lieutenant Clarence Carrigan, V..
S. A., have sent out Invitations to a
dance at Fort Baker on Wednesday
evening, February 6. which bids fair
to' repeat the success which their laat
dance, just before Christmas, proved to
be. The government boat will leave
the Washington-street wharf at 7:30
o'clock for the post and will return
at midnight.
Mrs. Samuel E. Thomson has sent out
invitations for the marriage of her
daughter, Miriam Putnam Thomson, to
Frederick Parsons Tatum, at noon Fri
day. January 25, at Trinity Methodist
Church. Berkeley.-
Mrs. Horatio P. Livermore of this
city, who is spending the winter In
Santa Barbara, -was . the hostess on
Tuesday of last week at a tea in honor
of Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, who is
also a visitor in the southern city
from here. The hostess was assisted
in receiving by Mrs. Durrant. Miss
t-Ala. Chamberlain. Miss Elizabeth Liv
ermore. Miss Stella MeCalla, while Mrs.
Benjamin Bakewell and Mrs. Hazard
poured tea.
Mrs. John P. Young will be hostess
at a bridge party on Monday after
noon next at her home in California
street.
The wedding of Miss Genevieve
Isaacs and Carl Schilling Jr. will take
place this evening at 8:30 o'clock at
the First Unitarian Church. A large
number of guests will be present.
Mrs. Squire Varlck Mooney -will en
tertain at a bridge party on Thurs
day afternoon. January 31. at which
about thlrty-flve guests will be pres
ent.
• • •
Mrs. Mountford Wilson, Mrs. George
Lent and Miss Jennie Hooker left last
\u25a0week for a brief Eastern trip. They
«xpeot to spend about ten days in New
York, and will return here before Lent."
Mrs. Pelham Ames, who has been
spending several months as the guest
of her daughter. Mrs. Robert Wood. In
Baltimore, is expected to return to San
Francisco about the end of this week.
Miss Ethel Beaver left a few days
since for the East, where 6he will
epend several months. She will go
first to Philadelphia, where sha will
be the guest of Mr?. "William Mintzer.
who "went on- from, here In the early
fall to spend the winter In that city. .
Mrs. Louise Barrollhot and her grand
daughters.-Miss Emily Bowie and Miss
Helen Bowie, left last "week for. New
York, and will sail : from . there for
Europe to be absent about a year.
Lieutenant Clarence Kempff, U. S. N.,
bo has been In Asiatic waters Tor
Will He Get There?
.*. The Smart Set .*.
The Rev. Daviß Montgomery Crab
tree and Mrs. Crabtree (who was for
merly Miss Eugenic Hawes) have left
New York, where they have been for
the past few months and where Mr.
Crabtree was a student in the General
Theological Seminary, and have gone
to Washington. D. C. Rev. Mr. Crab
tree has been made assistant rector of
one of the large churches there.
v Mlss Virginia Gibbs willleave with
in a few days for Europe,' where she
will spend some time traveling.
Mr. and Mrs. William ' B. Hamilton,
who have been spending the past' two
months with Major and Mrs. Dunning
at Burllngame. expect to return to
town about February 1. • '
The following item from the Santa
Barbara Independent -will proveof in
terest In San Francisco, where both
General and Mrs. Blddle are \u25a0 well
known and have so many friends. Mrs.
Biddle's book will be looked for with
special interest: . <.
"Yielding to the solicitation of her
friends who have, not yet had an op
portunity to hear selections from her
book, 'Reminiscences of an Army Offi
cer's Wife,' Mrs. . James Blddle will
read a chapter or two of her manu
script tomorrow afternoon to a little
group consisting of -women who ar«
spending the winter at the hotter, and
three outsiders, Mrs. William Miller
Graham. Mrs. Arthur Lord and Mrs.
Charles S. Fay. After the reading is
over (and that It will be of absorbing
interest in certain, for Mrs. Biddle is
besieged with requests from publishers
who wish to bring but" the, book) tea
will be served. The occasion Is but one
of the informal little affairs that make
life among this congenial coterie at the
big hotel delightful."
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marron Fickert
have leased their pretty apartment on
Pacific avenue and will" make their
home for a time with Mrs. Fickett's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wallace,
at the latter's home on Gough street.
Mr. and Mrs. John Speck (formerly
Miss Martha Lee) have returned. from a
two months' bridal trip throughout the
East, having visited all of the principal
cities, Including Washington,; where
they .visited the White House and. had
the pleasure of meeting .President
Roosevelt. Mrs. Speck will be at home
on commencing- with today
at 3398 Clay street.
Cholly Nowltt— D'ye : know. Miss
Smart, though I've only Just met you,
there seems -to be a sort of Intellectual
sympathy between us? -You «know"'Just
how to appeal to ray tastes, you see.
Are you a. literary woman?
Dolly Smart — No; I'm a kindergarten
teacher.— Tit-Bits.
. Townsend's Cal. gle.ee fruits and can
dles at Emporium. Post and Van Ness,
1250;Sutter at. and 1203 and 1220 Va-
the past two years, has been ordered
detached from the Raleigh and ordered
home, which means that this popular
young officer and his attractive wife,
who was formerly Miss Alice Brigham,
will soon be here. Both Lieutenant
and Mrs. Kempff have spent most of
tnetr lives from childhood in San Fran
cisco, and have a host of friends here.
John Hubert Mcc Is at present In the
East, where he went 'for a six weeks'
trip, largely on business affairs.
Gossip of the Doings
of Railroad Men
R. A. Drake has been appointed dis
trict engineer, maintenance of way,
for the northern division of the South
ern Pacific to succeed W. C. Edes, who
has been appointed chief engineer of
the Northwestern Pacific. Drake has
been the resident engineer of the west
ern division, with headquarters In
Oakland. He Joined the company in
1595 as assistant engineer on the Sac
ramento division, and remained there
till 1899. He was then made assistant
engineer of the coast division, and held
that position till 1906, when he was
made assistant resident engineer.
In March of that year he was made
resident engineer of the coast division,
and In November of the same year
he was again promoted and appointed
resident engineer of the more Impor
tant, division, known as \ the -west
ern division. General Superintendent
Palmer has not . yet named his cus
cessor at the Oakland pier.
A bill has been introduced In Con
gress by Representative Sherman to
make the maximum passenger fare in
the United States 2 cents a mile for
interstate traffic The bill Is. of course,
not pleasing to the operators of West
ern roads, and will be opposed by
them to the best of their ability. The
measure, according to railroad men,
does not take Into account any differ
ence in population, topography of the
country, expense of railway operation
or wages.
It is proposed to make the same rate
effective on poorly patronized branch
lines as on roads through - the thickly
settled sections. The rallroali com
panies have already put themselves on
record as being violently opposed to
the measure, declaring that the pas
senger traffic is the least profitable of
their revenue, and that the bill is un
just in that It seeks to create a com
mon rate throughout the country with
out any regard to operating condi
tions. They point out. that, notwith
standing the good times, the passenger
earnings per train mile have not in
creased.
Local passenger representatives say
that the effect of the law *n the .West
would be to increase the number of
mixed freight and passenger trains
very largely: to reduce the number of
strictly passenger trains and to pre
vent.' further Improvements in the train
service, both in equipment and sched
ules. . The; present rate in California,
except in the, mountain districts, is 3
cents a mile. In thinly settled sec
tions, like Nevada and Arizona, it is
4 cents a mile. This is also true on
a few branch ltnea In the West.
The Western roads keep the " earn
ings per mile of every train In their
service, and no doubt a radical reduc
tion In revenue would put a great
many, trains in the "red ink" class,
which would bo followed by a discon
tinuance, or a merging into freight
trains.
"It really looks as if wd were going
to have another road from Stockton
to this city before the end of the
year," remarked a railroad man -who
had just returned from that city. "The
Western Pacific has about four miles
of track laid out of Stockton, and there
are any number of -men at work upon
the roadbed. The Western Pacific fol
lows the line of the Southern Pacific
almost all the way from Stockton to
Oakland, and. If the builders desired,
they could easily have the road in
operation Inside of eight months. It
seems as if all the heavy filling had
been finished and that within the time
mentioned the cars could be running.
It looks like business -when you see
flat and box cars marked Western Pa
cific on the tracks near Stockton."
J. J. Byrne, assistant traffic manager
of the Santa Fe, .who Is In .the city,
looks forward to a very large tourist
business in the southern part of the
State. He« says, that the, travel into
that section is just beginning, and he
thinks that it will be , as large as it
was last year.
The Santa Fe' is still having trouble
with* the Franklin tunnel. ' It will be
several days before the line to Stock
ton is opened. '.
• • •
J. W. McClymond, who represents
the Armour lines, says that the orange
crop in the south is beginning to 'move
freely. One and -.} fifty cars
are going East a day on the Southern
Pacific and the Santa Fe. -
A. M. Cleland, general .passenger
agent of the- Northern Pacific, arrived
In -the-city ".from 'the' southern part of
the' State j-iesterday. He will -be here
for. a^few days, and 'will then" return
to his home In St.- Paul.
Press of the State Denounces
the Patronage Thievery
Even the long-eared, long-haired suf
fering voter has no unlimited supply
of patience. Though he may joke about
the railroad rule over the State, be
cause he falls to see the working out
of the orders Issued from Southern
Pad-c headquarters, he can and" does
see that to expend $150,000 In ten weeks
simply to reward political heelers and
hangers-on is theft, barefaced, open,
scandalous theft, inexcusable extrava
gance and criminal squandering of
the taxpayers* money at a time when
the State needs to hoard every cent it
has for rebuilding.— San Bernardino
Index.
By their vote for patronage— an ac
tion which is not only contemptible, but
politically unwise — the members of the
present Legislature seem to disregard
a future in which they will be held re
sponsible for this abuse of power. • •
The country will not continuously tol
erate the scandalous abuse of patron
age. — Vacavllle Reporter.
.* • •
It is a well-known fact that many
persons having their names on the
payroll will not be in Sacramento dup»
ing the session. This order of things
must and will be changed sooner or
later, or those who are responsible
for It will be relegated to political
oblivion, which they deserve. — Suisun
Republican.
• i •,
' j "
No language could/be too strong to
characterize It. and ' if there is any
stronger word in the language than
"steal" that word should be applied to
it. The whole grab is a loot, and the
members who engineer and favor it are
thieves. — -Fresno Republican.
The cost of the last Legislature was
a public scandal. Its extravagance,
waste and downright robbery were
held up to the scorn and detestation of
the general public. But in this dis
graceful pre-eminence the present Leg
islature promises to take the crown
from the head of the last. • • • W-e
hope the time has come when all graft
ers and plunderers of the public treas
ury will be forever relegated to private
life, if nothing worse is done to them.
— San Jose Mercury.
The so-called patronage grab, con
ceded larcey, will continue until the
State provides adequate salary for
members of the Legislature and there
by makes it possible for representative
men of affairs to drop their business
and sustain the loss of time and nioney,
in a business way, involved in making
a campaign end attending the ses
sion. — Modesto Herald.
It is too early yet to figure accurately
how much of the taxpayers" money is
to be wasted upon useless attaches at
the present session. • • • There re
mains at the capital a great army of
hungry ones clamoring for places of
profit, and some at least of these as
pirants have the necessary '•pull" to
land it. The old. costly farce will prob
ably be repeated, and while the people
may grumble they will foot the bill. —
San Diego Union.
Of course it was too much to expect.
•\u25a0• • Ie ~ would have been credulity
little les3 than sublime as well as
ridiculous- for the good people of the
State to have fondly cherished the
hope and belief that their ostensible
representatives would be content to
forego the conscienceless looting of the
State treasury in the guise of daily
contingent expenses. • • • With
shameless voracity the polluting parley
went on even before the legislature
was organized. Before all else the
cormorant self-seekers who lay claim
to patronage — heaven only knows upon
what tenable ground — must be satis
fied. Then, and not till then, was any
attention given to the weighty legiti
mate affairs of legislation. .It is a
sorry spectacle. — Pasadena Star.
If. Governor jiillett has a big stick he
might use it to advantage on the Leg
islature. — Woodland Democrat.
This action of the leglslato.-s will
undoubtedly bring upon them much de
served criticism. They show an utter
lack of any consideration for the voters
who elected them to office in making
this latest salary grab. Their action
Is all the more indefensible when it is
remembered that some time ago an
economy law was passed, the object of
which was to cut down the expenses
of the lawmakers, wnich were consid
ered altogether too much. In the light
of the action of this Legislature that
law becomes merely a joke. — Visalia
Times. '
The eagerness with which the new-
Legislature dips into the treasury
Personal Mention
A. F." Luening is registered at the
Majestic.
M. Mitchell of "White River Is at the
Majestic.
"W. W.Tompkins of New York Is at
the Palace.
N. Bissinger of Portland is at the
Dorchester.
B. A. Noble of Providence, R. 1., Is at
the Jefferson. <
-Ben T.v Allen of Chicago, is at the
Majestic Annex.
C. J. Romany is at the Dorchester
from Philadelphia.
W. E. Hughey is at the St. Francis
from Goldfield, Nev.
N. Wesnelm"er of New York is at
the Majestic Annex.
Robert Holmes of St. Louis Is reg
istered at the Majestic
C. H. Campbell of Ely, Nev., is reg
istered at the St. Francis.
J. .F. Jones and Mra. Jones of Michi
gan are at the St. Francis.
F. W. Petty and Mrs. Petty of Port
land are at the Majestic.
.P. F. Kelley'and Mrs. Kelley of
Seattle are guests at, the ' Palace.
A. C. Kingsbury and Mrs. Kingsbury
are at the Palace from Los Angeles.
E. L. Kornfeld and Alfred W. Allen
of Los Angeles are at the Majestic.
Rev. S. M. Cutting and Mrs. Cutting
of Pacific Grove are at the Jefferson.
Mrs. A. D. Mitchell and Mrs. A_ S.
Hunt of Goldfield are at the St. Francis.
G. L. (Tex) Rickard and Mrs. Rlck
ard of Goldfield are at the St Francis.
E. B. McClanahan and Mrs. McClana
han of Honolulu are' at the Majestic
Annex.
?:v A.v. D. Myers of Goldfield and Frank
Naughton of Manhattan are registered
at ,the St. Franc\s.
Rev. G. R. E. Macdonald and Mrs.
Macdonald are registered at the Jeffer
son from Hanford. :
Rev. William H. Wheeler of Tuol
umne and Rev. ; H. . H. Powell of Santa
Clara, are at the Jefferson. . --
Rev. , Dr.V Starr and Mrs. Starr of
Stockton '"are at the Jefferson. Dr.
Starr is here to attend the annual con
vention of the Episcopal church.
JANUARY 22, 1907
shows hunger and no delicacy _ of feel
ing on the subject of graft. And Demo
crats need not charge the act 10 ' ras
cally Republicans." So long "the
minority Join. In the raid proposed by
the party In power it 1» not in a pos
tlon to call the kettle black. But i s it
not most indefensible, this \u25a0^"plica
tion of the legislative membership by
three in order to furnish a per diem to
an army of useless attaches and thus
•pay off political debts?— Napa Register.
The California Legislature is in «es
sion and the people will be on the
rack until It adjourns. The Southern
Pacific machine is in complete control
and it is supposed that everything has
been lubricated sufficiently to have a,
harmonious session. Ther« are «om«s
things that were promised in the plat
forms of both parties, but anything
detrimental to the man behind the
machine will meet with cold favor.
The people put them there and those
who voted for the Southern Pacific
ticket should take their medicine
cheerfully. — Willows Journal.
The California press has been prac
tically unanimous in denouncing the
shameful steal of public money In
volved In placing a horde of useless
attaches on the payrolls of the Legis
lature. • • • But few of them are
ever actually present, save when the
payrolls are being signed, and many
are never seen save at that time, for
they do no work whatever. • • •
If at every session a number of mem
bers would sternly set their faces
against such robbery of the public, un
der the guise of employing attaches,
and absolutely refuse to touch any of
the boodle, the example could not be
lost, and in the course of time a sweep
ing reform might be had. — Sacramento
Bee. ~
• • • -. '
Every one who has been about legis
lative halls knows that under the guise
of paying out money for clerit hire
a biennial raid is made on the State
treasury, and the "loot" is apportioned
under the name of "patronage." • • •
If candidates for legislative honors are
going to conduct their individual cam
paign with the expectation of reward
ing all hangers-on through State ap
propriation legalized by their . own
votes, what is the limit, and where is
it going to stop? — Pasadena News.
Those six lone Democrats In the As
sembly were as greedy for a little of
the patronage as the seventy-odd Re
publicans. They reached for a chance
to distribute $13 a day for attaches
with the greatest eagerness. The ques
tion of right or wrong being eamlnat
ed, here was an opportunity to do some
sane and effective politics, but appar
ently the six could not rise to the oc
casion. — Bakersfield Callfornian.
• • •
Of course the - Legislature will not
pay the slightest heed to the recom
mendation of the retiring Governor
that the railroad commission be abol
ished. It >la unreasonable to expect
that a party which will deliberately
increase the patronage of each Senator
to $25 a day -will separate itself from
a sinecure that yields more than $15.
000 annually. — Woodland Democrat.
• • •
Is it not about time to hold another
constitutional convention? The rob
bery complained of will never end un
der the present State constitution.
Could the Senators and Assemblymen
pay themselves from $15 to $20 a day
each they would undoubtedly do so.
Not more than a dozen of them expect
to be re-elected, and the motto is:
"Rake her. boys; rake her!" — Santi
Cruz Sentinel.
Instead of being an improvement on
the Legislature of two years ago in
the matter of square-toed honesty the
present bunch seems likely to break
all records for indecency in filching
money from the State treasury — anil
otherwise. — Los Angeles Herald.
Altogether there will be something
like 500 attaches on the legislative
payroll this winter and they will
cost the State at least $125,000. • • •
The whole business is a piece of gros^
and Inexcusable extravagance; but no
Legislature has yet had the courage
to lop off the useless attaches and put
the clerical work of the two hous%*
on a business basis. • • • California
seems to have acquired the attach*
habit in a very extreme form, and th^
only way a cure can be effected Is to
elect a good bunch of members to the
Senate and Assembly who will use th<»
ax and use it freely on this patronage
payroll. — Riverside Press.
The State Senators and Assemblymen
at Sacramento have proceedad to raid
the public treasury In the old. old
way. • • • This is an evil in our
State government of long standing
and it seems to thrive with age, as
each year the patronage graft is in
creased and the dear people must foot
the bills. — Sebastopol Times.
Answers to Queries
MUST GIVE DATES — S.. City. An
applicant for a marriage license must
give date of previous marriage or di
vorce if there has been either.
BALTIMORE PAPERS — Subscriber.
Sebastopol, Cal. The leading papers
published in Baltimore. MA, are the
Sun. the News and the American,
CHICKEN— A. N. F.. Petaluma. Cal.
There is no reason to believe that a hen
raised In Omaha will not lay eggs if
brought to California. The change may
do her good and 6he may become a bet
ter layer.
GREATER NEW YORK— H. P. C.
San Rafael. Cal. The population Is
given at 4.250.000. The name was
adopted when the city of New York
had added to it the different territo
ries such as Bronx. Brooklyn. Queen
and Richmond.
/ ___
TWO THEATERS-S.W.F..City. The
Brooklyn Theater. N. T.. was destroyed
by fire December 5. 1876. The loss of
life was about 300. The Iroquois-Thea
ter. In Chicago, was also destroyed by
fire, which occurred December 30 1303
Loss of life 639.
In the Joke World
_ Grace— l hear that Charlie and
Helen, have made up their quarreL
Gussle— Only temporarily. They are
going to be married soon.— lllustrated
Bits.
Hiram Whiffle— Haw! Haw! What In
tarnation, are ye doln' with the fifth
wheel to yer wagon. Squire? Imltatln'
them there autymobile fellers?
Squire Longhead— Nope; anticipate
em. — Puck.
._T rr ° U>r ? «xtravagant." said uacle.
These cigars are a lot better than th»
ones I smofced at your age."
"Yes." muttered nephew In an Hl
concealed aside, "they're a lot better
than what you smoke now."— CUvsUai
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