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SENATOR LEAVITT AND THE LOOTERS
THE CALL with every honest newspaper and citizen shares
in the shame forced upon California by the' petty larcenists
of the Legislature, who have successfully conspired to rob
the State at the rate of $2600 a day for the support of a dis
graceful and useless army of attaches. The Call enjoys the heartiest
: contempt for the creatures responsible for this steal, and who for
the most part have successfully hidden their personal responsjbility
behind the closed door of a party caucus. This offers no
; apologies for the strictures laid upon these cowardly treasury
: looters, but it is the purpose of The Call to give every man fair,
The Call recently criticised Senator Frank Leavitt of Oakland
for resenting the efforts, made for political capital though they may
have been and probably were, 6f Senator Caminetti to prevent
further recruiting of the loot battalion. Viewed from the standpoint
.of The practical politician and" the sound party man, Leavitt was;
but performing the duties of his office^ — chairman of the caucus. The j
Call disagrees with Leavitt frequently — in fact; generally — as to the
merits of any legislation in which the Oakland man has any per
sonal interest. The Call regrets that any man elected to the Senate
of California could be willing to accept the post of spokesman for
•..these petty thieves. But. in justice to Leavitt and itself, The Call
must give Leavitt credit for opposing the theft in the caucus.
He was one of the Senators who stood out for a grab of only $16
. s day. With Senators Welch and Wolfe he fought for $20 a day
„ when he saw he could not win the smaller allowance. He was
beaten, but. beaten, his political philosophy permitted him to see
less disgrace in formally voicing the will of the organized looters
mi the floor of the Senate than in repudiation of the whole con
temptible business. Leavitt is entitled to this explanation at the
; hands of a paper whose only purpose is fairness to all men alike,
•and to the further explanation that it is made entirely without the
solicitation of Leavitt or his friends. !
SANTA FE LAWLESSNESS
•\b wonders how the Santa Fe people justify to themselves
their lawless attempt to steal a street and appropriate by
stealth a franchise easily worth $1,000,000. The local repre-
sentatives of that corporation consider themselves leading and
important factors of the commercial and social body. They belong
to the most exclusive clubs. They are prominent in big local-"en
terprises. The}- have a stake in the community. Doubtless they
are as loud as anybody in condemnation of Schmitz and.Ruef and
their special forms of graft. Probably they share the prevailing dis
gust over the greed of members of the Legislature who engage in
the paltry industry of robbing the State under the name of patron
age. Yet when opportunity arises to seize public property by
stealth the Santa Fe magnates do not hesitate a moment.
The Santa Fe Company has contrived to keep out of politics
in California for the most part, but that forbearance is due chiefly
to the fact that the political interests of the railroads have been
taken care of by the Southern Pacific, whose concerns and aims
are very much the same as those of the Santas Fe, as we have
learned from the disclosures before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. In fact, there is a virtual partnership and community of
interest between the two roads. There is a division of labor. The
Santa Fe is as deep in the politics of Kansas as the Southern Pacific
rrom time to time we hear from railroad magnates angry com
plaints of what they describe as "senseless and ruinous hostility
to corporations. The Call regrets the existence of that hostility
as much as anybody, but the magnates ought to ask themselves if
this feeling among the general public is not justified by .their- own
acts. If leading members of a community set an example of law
lessness to serve corporation ends they must not complain if the
public puts them in the same class as Schmitz arid Ruef and the
petty larcenors of the Legislature, only differing from these in the
degree that their offense is greater.
WORLD POLITICS AND APPROPRIATIONS
THE heralds of manifest destiny are at large in the land and all
talking at once. Theodore Roosevelt and General Greely want
bigger warships and more of them. That talkative
affectionately known as "Fighting Bob, Evans" desires the
nation to seize all the anthracite coal in the world to assist him
to gratify his ruling passion to kill his neighbors^ It is, he declares,
the only kind of coal with which the navy can make a sneak on an
unsuspecting neighbor and destroy him while he isn't looking,
v When Bob Evans cries "havoc" and lets slip the dogs of, war he
wants to do it in a whisper.
We dwell in the midst of war's alarums, and every last one of
them calls for an appropriation. There is Chicago, for example, with
her thrifty mind fixed on world politics, which wants to be in the navy
swim with the help of a big canal from the lake to the gulf, tobe
dug with Uncle Sam's money. Chicago hopes for a glorious day
when Bob Evans can sail up to Packingtown'and the proponents of
appropriations ask in a- loud tone bf voice, "What is going to be
come of our vast lake commerce in case of war with England P'i,
/That is world politics. Chicago isjust as'cute aslKaiser Wil
f helm, who 7 keeps his pockets full of war scares for use at oppor
tune times' when he wants money. But it is all very hard on
Kansas to be left out in that forlorn region, where world politics do
not grow and appropriations are correspondingly /scarce; --.: * >
If we should givethe/ matter a moment's thoughtv it *, would "t>e
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clear that our security lies not in our navy, but in our size and
wealth. The more we develop our resources the more formidable
we become. To be sure, that theory does "not encourage appropria
tions or set the table in a roar after dinner. It is not world politics.
WE do not desire to meddle except in the , way of kindness
with the thorny subject of vaccination as by law provided.
In these latter days it seems that medical doctrine has as
sumed the place once held by religious dogma and serves to
bring out the stuff of which martyrs are made. In medical opinion
something- with boiling oil in it is good enough for the unorthodox
practitioner. On the other hand, the opposition is every bit as
steadfast. The only martyrs we have in California are those who
stay out of school rather than be vaccinated. '
When doctors disagree ; we shall not venture to decide. Our
single purpose in this regard is to congratulate Mr. Speaker on his
forethought in putting three physicians and Tan undertaker on the
committee on /public Health. It 'seems unfortunate that he could
not round out the body as a homogeneous whole.by adding a tomb
stone maker. If any gentleman has legislation designed to promote
an epidemic he should know where to take his pigs to market. That
committee might embrace the seven plagues of- Egypt as a money
making proposition. There should, be no danger of an attack on
the vested interests in >'\u25a0\u25a0 pneumonia.- \u25a0 „
, a S A decided but pleasant surprise
J\ comes the news that the wed-
L\ ding of Miss Helen Sinclair and
X"^L Bruce Cornwall, whose engage
ment was announced recently,
will be celebrated, at the Hotel Coro
nado on the evening of February 14.
Rev. Bradford Leavitt of the First
Unitarian Church of this city will go
down to perform the ceremony, and
Miss Emily Johnson .will also go from
this city, to act as maid of honor. She
is the bride's . most intimate friend
and will be her only attendant. Ken
neth Mclntosh, District Attorney of Se
attle, who is a close friend of : the
groom and was a classmate at Co
lumbia College, will be the best man.
Only the members of the two families
and a few very intimate friends, in
cluding Captain and Mrs. McKlttrlck,
Miss Redmond and Mrs. Leavitt, will
be present at the wedding. After a
few weeks spent in the south,; Mr.
Cornwall and his bride will come here
early in March for a brief stay and will
then go north and visit Bellingham
Bay. Mrs. P.-'B. Cornwall, the groom's
mother will go south' for the ; wedding,
leaving here on February 7 prob-r
ably, and will spend a month or more
at Coronado. She will then return
here, but expects to leave on April 25
for Europe to be, gone I about a year.
Bruce Cornwall and his bride will come
back in time to see Mrs.' jCprn wall off
and will- make their; home^-most of ;thej
time, at the handsome - Cornwall homen
at Pacific avenue and;Webgter street.
Mrs.J. R. K. Nuttall entertained at a
luncheon on Friday of last week- at
her home on Jackson street. The table
was beautifully decorated with/quan
tities of pink and mauve orchids. Those
present were: Mrs.. Henry." T.-- Scott,
Mrs. P. McG.Mcßean. Mrs. William B.
Bourn, Mrs. James Robinson, Mrs. War
ren Clark, \u25a0 Mrs. ' Rosenstock, T Mrs. Tim
othy Hopkins, Mrs. Charles P. Eells,
Mrs. Edwin R.Dlmond.J Miss Eleanor
Davenport and ,Mrs. Frank Wilson.
Invitations have been received, from
the " ; bachelor^ officers of the' Twenty
second-Infantry/ U. S. A., for the dance
which \u25a0 they '- will give \u25a0in the new bar
racks at Alcatraz Island - on' Tuesday
evening, * February 12, ; which will be
one of. the events of the winter in, mil
itary circles. The^pfflcers of the "Twen
ty-second -; are especial favorites/; so
cially both in andout of thearmy," and
thereS promises to i be : a largejnumber
of guests -frd'm' all around the bay.'.The
government ": boat,* ' General ": McDowell,"
will leave ; the -Washington street wharf
at 8:15 p. m.; Fort Mason at 8:25 p. m.,
and'/.will: arrive ; at.;- Alcatraz pat . 8:45.
Returning, the boat. will;leave, Alcatraz
at ,1:30 :a. m.f6r -Fort - Mason' -and
Washington; street. - The, \u25a0government
steamer General .MifflinX will leave the
Presidio at 7 , p." m;,"^ F6rt :. Baker,:, 7:20
p. m.,' SausalltO .1 : 40 p. , rh.; Fort'McDow
ell 8:10; p.; m.~. Discharge /\u25a0 Camp "> 8:40
\>;<m.. and : arrive^ at; Alcatraz at: 9
The' boat will leave on' the return trip
at 1:30 a. m.'
Miss ,Grace Baldwin.^: who left last
night for Europe^wlth- her, mother, Mrs.
Lloyd Baldwin,- was Uhes guest* ofihonor
at . any, number : of social^ events
the; week before her 'departure.'i many, of
her friends': entertaining, forl this} popu
lar,! girl, 'who will }i be; greatly missed
during / her ' six ; months'. '\u25a0 absente; ['£ On
Monday bf.lastjweek? Miss Marion;Ran
some - and % Miss v ; Edith j Bridges
tamed ; at ' a ; lunchepn's at; the \Clarernont
Coun try IClub j for; her: ron^Tuesday^ Miss
Maude Howard \ gave] a ; luncheon" at >the
Palace i. f or ? her ; r On^ /-Wednesday /j; Miss
Baldwin ;'•' was > the 'I hostess '*. at* her '\u25a0\u25a0-. own
home \ on-. Lyqng streetiat^anji informal
tea : ron^Th'ursd a y* Mrs. J Charles^Schooh-'
maLker , eatertaiued at r a* luncheon ''at her
'tKeep Off, You'll Crack the Ice"
VESTED INTERESTS IN DISEASE
THE SMART SET
home In Sausalito, at which Miss Bald
win was the honor-ed guest."
Mrs. William Sherwood was the host
ess at a pleasant informal bridge party
on Saturday afternoon Jast, at .which
she entertained two tables of guests.
The prizes were won by Mrs. Ryland
Wallace and Mrs. Henry foster but
ton '* and ; the other guests were ; Mrs.
Alexander Keyes, Mrs. Thomas Porter
Bishop, Miss Eleanor Davenport, Miss
Anita Meyer and Mrs. Henry Clarence
Breeden.
Miss Helen Chesebrough is taking a
rest cure at the present time: and is
greatly missed from -the many, social
events of the past 1 few weeks-* Al
though she is not seriously ill she has
been far from well; and complete ,quiet ;
was deemed necessary for her. \ i I
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas: Porter Bishop
and Grantland VoOrhles will leave on
Wednesday next for Santa Barbara,
and will spend; a month Tat the
Bishop ranch near that city. Mr. Bishop
and Mr. Voorhies, are going down: for
the quail shooting.', Mr.and Mrs. James
Bishop returned a few: days since from
Santa Barbara, having been there for
several weeks, and i they are ; now in
Mr. Bishop's mother's \u25a0 home. r .Mrs.
Thomas B. Bishop and ;hee< son, Frank
Bishop, who went, abroad some 'little
time since, are <now. : in,. Cairo for an
indefinite; stay ,;but!will, return to Cali
fornia in four ;or.,nveTnionths. •:'\u25a0•
Mr. and; Mrs. Andrew: Carrigan will
leave in a f ew day&|f or a .brief • Eastern
trip, going directlylto; New-York. / Mrs. 1
Carrigan arid ? ?her,^ brother/ "Lawrence
Harris, sympathy,: of
their friends" oniaccount£of the death
of their mother.' Mrg?' ; i Harris,: which
occurred last week/ '«? -Mrs. Harris ;h^l
been in poor health' for ! some time,, so
her j death Was hot 'unexpected, but jit
came nevertheless asa -great shock to
her many friends here. .; •
Miss Frances Coon Ahas, returned to
her home- in MenlO : Park /after a-stay
in town of 'a fewdaysas the guest of
Miss Roma Paxton. .
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Brown
and Master Albert L. i* Bfown 1 , of £ Los
Angeles are, visiting- Mr. and f Mrs. "I.
Lowenberg. .They .will^ remain ; In v k the
city some weeks ; previous to -their de
parture for Europe.: ' V ' ." .
• - ''-' .••\u25a0'•.•>•.\u25a0'-• \u25a0 - :
Mr. and .Mrs. Louis? Hertz ; have re
turned from Llvermore T and - are " now
living at 1965 Pacific, avenue.
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'-'I Miss de Saissetof San Jose will spend
tha. next few months Hn"* Paris,? visiting
Jtfnie^la C6mtessetd^Perettikd6}Rocc&
and -^ other 'u relatives^ beiongingftto^the
rnoetexclusive circles -of the, old 'a'rls*'
tocracy. - " :: "-'<; - \u25a0:-\u25a0 v \u25a0 :r, \u25a0 --;. "_v-; ; -
f Taxpayers : of -OrovilleYareilndignant
over, the ? "attache',Vsrrab Jin i the jpreaent
Legislature, ; and %. their/anger lis | «up"er
induced;by f a flagrant^ illustfation;« of
the /"jobbing" at Uhe'pie'l counter,^ right
among 5 themselves'?' TomcW.l;Greenr : ia
real '-l estate i\ dealer Z Of ?, Oroville/. \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0, Who
has not missed a day from his business
in; that s city sinceHhe^sesßlonl opened/
is 1 on '; the,; list ; of ; attaches \ at I Red] Men's
Hall*; drawing downia^ per diemisof "~%i:
Senator --"BoyntorK and
Costar '.'.; of V. Butter County/? declare Pi the
man \u25a0 was •;': not .:„ appointed '"\u25a0• by,f thehvV.in
spite 'of : the^declarations >the?Orof
ville ! people to theTeontr&ry/AThe Butte
legislators ' deplored thespresehtp state
6f|affatrs: in_3 the -Legislature |and:{Bay
that; s Green:: secured ilhlsggraftSs through
some ri holdover .& legislators. . Last \u25a0\u25a0 ses
sion v he -was * with*'AssemblyrnftnjvW^ F. !
Gates of : Butte^acramerito ) Be«^ X ' \u25a0 -
— BftOOKLYN EAGLE.
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Gossip of the Doings
of Railroad Men
H- C. Bush, traffic manager of the
Colorado Midland, sailed away to the
South Sea islands yesterday. "I tell
you what: the trouble is," he observed
as he was stepping aboard the Marl
posa. "It is not a shortage of cars, but
the: shortage of motive power that is
responsible for transportation condi
tions. Every railroad has it* orders
in for locomotives and the shops can
not- build them fast enough. The shops
simply cannot fill their orders. Do you
for a moment think that we don't want
to keep freight moving? Why, ttiat is
the dream, the ambition,* of every traf
fic man in the country.
"^Well, thank goodness, I am going
to a land where they are not worried
about the freight movement."
.Jerome , Madden, who was for many
years the land agent of the Southern
Pacific, is in receipt of a bill which he
thinks is worthy of being embalmed in
"Curiosities of English Literature." It
reads thus: . v
"For upholstering Sofia, $— ."
"For putting one hind - leg on So
fia, s— ." ; - - ; \u25a0\u25a0_: \u25a0 \u25a0." - ;\u25a0 \u25a0. \u25a0 : . : ; .-.
After studying the bill Madden dis
covered that a sofahad been sent from
his residence to a Norwegian . gentle
man for repairs. '_ /. " \u25a0
'd Jay . Adahis of the : Nickel Platie, i who
has been on a tour;through-the r north
west,* regards ; San r.wlth ; all
Its slush-; and mud"? preferable to
northern 'cities:.:'; "I V have '- been ': going
north; for a great/many years," he xre
marked yesterday, "but, I have never
seen it so cold "In Portland and In Se
attle. .It was six-degrees above zero
in both those cities and the plumbers
were reaping a rich harvest in mending
broken pipes." -
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W. J. Shotwell. one of the directors
of the Western Pacific, In speaking of
the work on the road,, said yesterday:
"The weather has not retarded the
work of construction in the. least,
though It has been made more difficult.
We are/constantly increasing our. force
and we have now about 6000 men at
work. ;: The greatest proportion is in
California. The work on the tunnels is
going along favorably. We hear good
reports from^the engineer.in charge of
tho work at 'the Flower Lake tunnel.
That is one Of the biggest jobs on the
road." - ,
: Virgil G. Bogue, chief engineer of
theiWestern Pacific, has gone on a trip
Of inspection over the line in Utah.
H. W. Ad^ams, commercial" agent of
the Rock Island-Frisco lines, left last
night for a trip through the northwest.
'James Horsburgh Jr., : general pas
senger agent/ ot. the Southern v Pacific,
spentlast'Sunday at'Paso Robles. -
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An interesting question is agitating
the minds -of switchmen,: switch en
gineers V and, in fact, all; yardmen In
the Santa Fe yards in Los Angeles. \u25a0It
is. this: .\u25a0- ... . . .:'./•= ,v:\u25a0 ~~ \u25a0.. - :
"Can an: engine of its own volition
start off on a journey after. It has been
left r standing?":
.The yardmen- say that a locomotive
can >do 5 so/, while /the - bosses ,. say -' it • is
impossible and are .endeavoring to find
_out i who Fis to blame fori an :" engine
getting loose, running down the ; track
\u25a0and tumbling head-on j into 83 turntable
pit>; and; blocking the" line: for /five
hours. '\ The crew, say: that * the ; engine
was -motionless ,* when-, they r left 5 for
dinrier.-and Jthey have -many witnesses
to 'prove .there was no one near- the
locomotive 1 when it started on its dis*
astrous trip. ' .•\u25a0 . '
V Sir Thomas : Shaughnessy, president
of the Canadian \u25a0 Pacific, T^whlch ,is an
ultra' English corporation) : is .loyal ,, to
the ? land; of l his Iblrth fand \has 7 named
his car, \ which has Just 'been 'built' for,
him, ivillarney.Vyrtie carjis 74 ' feet long
over. the", frame and 84 ; feet^ {"Inch ovec
the /buffers.... The ;,woodwork inside is
ivory : white - and ;is most i- elaborately
finished, r :It j is . said ;. to :be > one iof - the
most costly and' beautiful private ,cars
In '; North America. " : -\ . # * ": .
ivft^-vs * / •-" .-»-,\u25a0 • ;/*
.to the fact- that most : of the
products^ Of % Northern' California, such
as '\u25a0 canned % goods '{ and /dried % fruits, are
we'll r out iofithelway.Jthei car;, situation
is ': In '] fairly; good shape and for; the first
time \u25a0in i many t months the I Southern , Pa
cific is I returning foreign cars' promptly."
"Th is i is * d ue * Ins a great measure," : - «x
plained |as railroad -/ man, "; "to "the;,mer
chant, who . has -at \u25a0 last come \u25a0to realize
that jthelspeedy. Unloading: of ;a, car; In
ures tohis benefit<^The| merchants > now
get *'out f thelr^ stuff rqulckly^? and i that
enables the /- railroad^tor: send 1 the -car ;
back. "..-Our head /offices back : East, are
: urgent i in J, their,; requests"^ for! informa
tionlas"t6.how:rhanyjCftrs will.be naed-;
ed ?for^ California? business \^durlnar fthe"
coming^year.'a' AH iAthe^forelfirn^ agents
haye^made /about? the Isame! answer, «to
.the c-enTect^s that 'jvbuilding^has^ hardly
commenced in San Francisco, and that
jWhenithejblgistructuresTare^Tstarted it i
.will J; tax I the*; entire of ; our
lines Uo?handle;;the^ heavy ?steV»l£ that
[Will ?bej'B_eht^, here; !f-,: ; Alif the j railroad* Hn i
theTEaatfareTmaklnslthdirlcalculitidn*
dhgCaiifornla^busineßigftna^ltsia^thft
general^desire' on; the part l of Eastern
National Press Comment
on Current Events
T :• -- v. ,-, \u25a0--\u25a0,<-'\u25a0-:, :- \u25a0 i <
Nineteen hundred and six may have
in history the unique nickname of "the
muckrake year." It was pre-eminently
a year of exposure. • • ' • Newspapers,
magazines and public men of all sta
tions have united in the denunciation
of existing wrongs. •'• • The insur
ance scandals, the packing-house
abuses, the railway rebates and various
methods of trust - machinations in ' eva
sion of the laws have been laid- bare
and partially punished. A notable step
has been taken in the prosecution and
in some Instances the conviction of a
type of criminals who heretofore have
regarded themselves, as immune from
prosecution because 'of their standing
In the business world. Never before
have opportunity and publio spirit mor*
auspiciously come together for tremen
dous reforms. The next page of Amer
ican history ought to be the best in
the book. In 190S the American people
were ashamed. In 1907 they should be
proud and triumphant. — Pittsburg
Press. .
' Senator La Follette has accomplished
the feat Of having a bill of his passed
by the Senate practically by a unani
mous vote, the ' only dissenting vote
among the seventy-one members being
Pettus of Alabama. This bill Is that
drawn by the Wisconsin Senator limit
ing the working time of railroad em
ployes to sixteen consecutive hours and
requiring that, they have ten hours oft
duty between periods of labor. • • •
The indorsement', of the bill by the
chiefs, of the railroad employes' or
ganizations was a strong factor in its
support, although the men of some
Wetern roads, who are paid on a mile
age basis, were disposed to Join the
railroads in protest. — Pittsburg Dis
patch. . '
When a 1a 1 man like J. J. Hill openly
confesses that he Is afraid to ride on a
train,; It makes a railway magnate ap
pear considerably less autocratic than
the popular fan-try is wont to depict him.
— Washington Star.
It was quite certain that the assump
tion Of power by Mr. -Roosevelt would
not pass unchallenged long. • • •
Now It . is reported that more drastic
measures of curtailing the executive
power are pending. A Joint resolution
Is promised which will require that all
Presidential and departmental orders
issued when Congress is not in session
shall be transmitted to Congress with
citation* of the legal authority under
which they were issued. • • • No
President has remotely approached Mr.
Roosevelt in his broad construction of
his prerogative. Mr. * Roosevelt ~ has
many virtues; he has many qualities
useful in public life. It is greatly to
be regretted that he has a childish
Answers lo Queries
UNITED STATES COINS— H. E. S..
Alameda, Cal. Questions relative to
the value of United States coins will be
answered only by mail when the writer
incloses a self-addressed and stampd
envelope with the query.
WOOLEN GOODS — Subscriber, City.
AH woolen goods shrink more or less In
washing, but If washed in warm (not
hot) .water, with \ome . pure. J good soap
and a little ammonia : or borax, then
• rinsed *i In vwater. of /the; same; tempera
ture and>hungj;infth«" house , to: dry,
taking care, not to wring: too tijjht, the
goods will out nicely. V"
Subscrib%r, City. The
following list of wedding anniver
saries will cover your question as
to the second and twelfth anniver
sary: First year, cotton wedding;
second year, . paper; third year,
leather; fifth year, wooden; seventh
year, woolen; tenth year, tin; twelfth
year, silk and fine linen; fifteenth
year, crystal; twentieth year, china;
twenty-fifth year, silver; thirtieth
year,' pearl; fortieth year, ruby; fif
tieth year, golden: seventyrfifth year.
THE POPLAR — Subscriber, Alameda,
Cal. Poplars are called "poppies" in
England and in the United S^tes. The
designation is a localism. Under rul
ings of a Secretary of the Interior of
the United /States "poplar" was not
considered < timber. By that official
"timber" -was defined to be that kind of
wood which is proper for building, or
for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages,
fences, ships and the like. .In another
decision pine.' oak, ash, elm, walnut and
hickory are especially referred . to as
timber trees, and to this list cotton
wood was subsequently added.
DARK AS EGYPT— EnfI.. City. The
origin of "as dark as Egypt's night" is
to-be found'in the 10th chapter of Exo
dus, the 21st, 22d and 23d verses: "And
the Lord said ,unto Moses, Stretch out
thine hand J toward 'heaven, that there
may be darkness over the land of
Egypt, even darkness that may be felt.
And" Moses stretched for his hand
toward heaven; and there was a thick
Personal Mention
Ada Cheney, of .Reno Is at the. Ma
jestic Annex.
J. D. Seaman of Golconda, Nev., Is at
the Jefferson.
-Robert W.lrwln Is at the St. Francis
from Eureka.
Frank K. Ouptill of New York Is at
the St. Francis.
/Charles Iraman of Amsterdam, N". V.,
is at the Palace.
\u25a06. F. Hutchlns of Buffalo is regis
tered at the ; Palace.
/Mrsi A.; W.'. Longley. of . Bishop Is
registered at the Palace. . ' \u25a0
In the Joke World
-"You have three pairs of glasses, pro
1 -./."Yea."; • I'use one. to read with, one to
aee&t a distance and the third to flnd
the othertwo."—Tales.-;
;•-••'"'•'\u25a0
"She may be a gosilp,"; said the .wo
man -with" thin' lips,: "but ,1; believe she
tells the truth.'r^gypppgai
.', IMy;d«ar1My;d«ar. >:ranswered .Miss Cayenne,
"the/truth.ls!frequently the worst form
of; *gosalp " imaginable.".—'Washington
Star. . 1-iSggES&Bm.
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\u25a0'\u25a0 Bess—Yes, the-engagement's off. He
told- her <sh«;. ought; to - give :up noyels
and read something more, substantial
something 1 that would improve her.
::|sen-rWeii?::|sen-rWeii? \u0084-..-, ;: .;\u25a0 ; ;^;;:,;.;v
.'*i Bess—Gracious! Don't; you \u25a0 see? ' The
idea of a man Intimating to his fiancee
thatvshe; couldv-b«vlmproved -In? any
I way.~-Phlladelphla - Press,:
rbads -to^. give 'building^material for
San Francisco "the * preference ovetf all
other. : kinds to£ freight." :.
FEBRUARY 5, 1907
impatience of legal and constitutional
restraints upon his conduct. — Philadel
phia Record.
« • •
The rivers and harbors committee
has degenerated Into something ab
surdly bureaucratic and autocratic. It
needs a vigorous shaking up on the
fioor of the House and at the hands of
the people. •;\u25a0•"• Mr. Burton has
emphasized his chairmanship until he
fancies himself a czar whose function
it is to pencil down the Items appor
tioned according to his personal bias
and susceptibility, and to wave off
business delegations asking for tima
enough to offer the Information they
have gathered. • • • Such bureau
cratic obstruction may give trouble for
a time, but It will be swept away by
the business necessities of the coun
try. Freight is piled up beyond^ tha
capacity of the present lines of trans
portation, and the congestion of traQo
increases faster than the means to re
lieve, it. Improved waterways are no
experiment. Europe has them la
abundance, and they are acknowledged
to be Indispensable, especially in mov
ing heavy freights. • • • The future
will -witness a vast tonnage in tha
deepened channels of the Mississippi
Valley, with Burton and hi 3 imperial
airs and absurdities forgotten. — St.
Louis Globe- Democrat ;-Sgr?H
More than ordinary significance at-»
taches to the death of Muzafter-ed-Din.
the Saah of Persia. No other Oriental
monarch, except the Mikado of Japan,
has exhibited so great a capacity for*
constructive statesmanship. • • •
While Muzaffer-ed-Dln relieved his peo
ple of extortionate taxation, developed
railroads and - telegraphs, promoted,
commerce and encouraged educa
tion, the monumental achievement
of his reign was the concession
of constitutional government. Con
stitutionalism was forced In Japan.
It was not forced In . Persia.
The gift of it to the people was mado
in response to no popular clamor. It
was the free will grant of a sovereign
who realized that the progress of his
country depended upon the voluntary
surrender of his own absolute power
and the delegation to the people of a
share in the administration. The sign
ing of the constitution, providing for
a representative assembly and a semi
elective senate, was the last Important
official act performed by the Shah.—
Brooklyn Eagle. :>
Senator Foraker. having: played to th«
Bralleries for political effect in the in
terests of his candidacy for the Presi
dency, and havinsr got about all the
prominence that he can out 4t his at-^"i
tack on Roosevelt, the Brownsville in
cident will soon become one of the for
gotten ones. — Philadelphia Inquirer.
darkness over the land of Egypt for
three days; they saw not one another,
neither rose any from his place for
three days; but all the children of
Israel had light In their dwellings."
ALCOHOL— A. M.. Sonoma. Cal. There
is only one source of alcohol — namely,
the fermentation of sugar or other sac
charine matter. Sugar is the product
of the vegetable world. Some plants
contain free sugar, and still more con
tain starch, which can be converted
into sugar. The best vegetable aub
stances.,then, for yielding aldhhol. are
those: that: contain the greatest amount
of sugan^or of starch. This department
has not (the space to devote to explain
ing the*manner in which alcohol may
be obtained from the various farm prod
ucts. Suggest that you \u25a0 procure a
work on fermentation and distillation.
RELIGIOUS TEST — Subscriber. City.
The constitution of the United States
provides (amendment 1): "Congress
shall make no law respecting an estab
lishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof." Again, in the
last article of the constitution. 13 th©
following: "The Senators; 1 and Repre
sentatives before mentioned, and the
members of the several State Legis-^
latures, and all executive officers, both
of the United States and the several
States, shall be bound by . oath or af
firmation to support this constitution;
but no religious test shall ever be re
quired as a qualification to any^offlce or
public trust und?r the United States.*
CASTLE . GARDEN— A. O. T., City.
Castle Garden was the name given to
a spot in New York that became his
toric. It was originally a fort and
afterward was transformed into a
summer garden, and In that way de
rived the name of Castle Garden Hall
a century or more ago. It was used
for civic and military displays. In
1824 Lafayette revisited America and
a grand ball was given* in his honor
at these gardens. President Jackson
was publicly received there in 1532 and
President* Tyler In 1843. Later It be
came a concert hall and Jenny Lind
made her first appearance in this
country there. In 1355 the Immigrant
I depot was established within it* walls.
Allister Currle of Milwaukee is reg
istered at the Majestic.
E. O. Woodruff "of Loa Angeles la
registered at the Jefferson.
W. E. Hacker and Mrs. Hacker are
at the Palace from Tacoma.
G. B. Hengen and Mrs. Hengen of
New York are at the Jefferson.
J." F. White and Mrs. White of Min
neapolis are at the St. Francis.
Leon Cohen and Mrs. Cohen of Pen
dleton. Ore., are at the Dorchester.
.Wi R. Brinckerhoff and Mrs. Brlnck
erhoff^are at the Majestic Annex from
Del Monte.
Mr. Tiller— You see, the wind was so
fierce that your yacht's sail waa torn
td ribbons.
Miss Lighthead— Ah! I see— a sail of
remnant*.— lllustrated Bits.
All other things blow loud their horns
« When they In public roam:
Pray, why do new shoes never squeak
'\u25a0 Until you wear them home?
- —New -York Sun.
"Would you" give up smoking If I
promised to marry your*
'.-"Would you give up promising to,,
marry me If I said noZ*
" :."That- depends."
"So I thlnk."^— Cleveland, Leader.
Wife— l hope. Doctor, that you may
be able to do something : for Henry.
/Physician— What la the nature of hta
complaint? I |
Wife — lie 'is,' forever worrying about^
money;,..".;, ;\u25a0; \u25a0 "" . ' " ..
, Physician (grimly)— l think I can
relieve him of - that.— LJppincott'a ' Mag
azine, ;.. .. v v ":___'