Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-10-28


it, and say that it renders our cause
desperate. Itjust takes little snub-
nosed Freshman to belittle Mr..
Bryan. If we but remember that
the greatness of Washington, Jeffer-
son, Jackson and Lincoln can we'll
be gauged by the kind and amount of
abuse hurled at them, and then
measure Mr.. Bryan in the same
way, we have truly great man.
~ few days after | came here an
old gentleman who had Just come
from Ohio asked me what studies |
was taking. answered physics" >"
Oh" he said, "that's all humbug.
Not one doctor in ten knows what
he is doing when he does give a man
physic." l then explained that the
physics | was studying was cleo
tricity and magnetism.
Just about noon on Sunday near
the middle of June | was standing
only few feet in front of Mrs.
StanfOrd's house and examining
some bronze statuary. The building
began to rumble and rattle as if it
were going to fall. | retreated to a
safe distance and turned around to
look. Everything was calm. When
| returned to town 1 learned there
had been such an earthquake shock
that people at church were barely
prevented by the cooler heads from
rushing from the house in a wild
stampede.
Mrs. StanfOrd's residence is here
on the Palo Alto estate. She has a
very fine house in the city, one in
Sacramento, and another in Wash
ingtOn, ID. G.. This summer she has
been Europe at the Queens jubilee.
During the great Christian En-
deavor convention in the early
part of July, when there were 3d.
600 strangers up i'm the city, a spe-
cial train of eight or ten coaches was
run down to the University almost
every morning. The trains ran
down below Palo Alto and backed
in on the University switch and al
lowed the visitors to step off on a
paved walk not over fifty yards in
front of the "Quad."
The few boys i'm the summer school
would frequently get out in the ar
cade and give the Stanford yelI.-
We often heard: "Rub it up; rub
it down! We're from the Hub :;
we're from the Hub !" as there were
several Boston delegations. / have
since learned that Miss Katie Ray
mond, formerly of Frankford, w.
Va, was one of the visiting parties.
greatly regret that didn't see her.
Had she seen me she would have
known me, for l am the same boy
as when | left public school in May,
1887. My year under her was "a
profitable and pleasant as any have
ever spent. | owe much to her in
spiration and careful teaching. She
Is one of three teachers who have
stamped their Impression indelibly
upon my intellectual life. 1t was
under her that began the study of
Latin, and expect to read Latin as
long as | read English.
One day late in August | rode up
to Mt. Hamilton with a friend. The
distance is forty five miles, and
there are three heavy grades, of
about five and five and seven miles
respectively. / found that my
weight was so far in excess of nv
endurance that walking up grade
was easier than riding. The sun
beat down so pitilessly on my head
as to give me violent headache,
but the air was SO cool that | chilled
if stood still in my shirt sleeves.
From Grand View, near the top of
the first grade, you sec the city of
San Jose at your feet and the whole
valley spread out in most beautiful
panorama. AT the foot of the last
grade we left our wheels, and, instead
Of following the road, we took the
trail (path,) and thus made it in
three more miles. But the ascent
was so steep that in places we were
almost going on our hands and feet
Unfortunately the sky was so hazy
and smoky that we could not see the
sun set in the ocean. We saw
through the telescope in the small
dome the double star Alcor,
of the Dipper, and through the great
telescope we viewed Saturn and his
rings and moons. The great tele-
scope weighs over seven tons. 1t
rests upon an iron pier; the iron
pier upon brick pier; and beneath h
the brick reposc the mortal remains
of James Lick. Lick was an eccen-
trio old bachelor, who, because he
was poor boy, had been denied the
only woman he ever loved. But
now, when she and her stern old
father and her descendants are for
gotten, James Lick's memory is re-
vered by scholars and scientists the
world over. In the reception room,
where / registered, saw the old
workbench Lick used i'm South