The San Francisco call., 1897-01-30

will stand much better chance OF going
through if its provisions are changed SO as
to create a State polytechnic school on
the plan of the Throop Institute, pri-
vate school at Pasadena. 1t will be the
| only State Normal School of this charac-
| ter in California.
Speaking of the matter to-day Senator
| Smith said: "The idea is to have sch DOL
| for training men and women in The every
| day affairs of life-not in those things
that lead to the professions, but those
VIII ch lead back to the home and pertain
| TO the daily vocations OF lie. Inc girls
will be trained in domestic economy and
| the care of the home, as we'll as in the
preservation of health and the care OF the
sick The boys will get instruction in the
| mechanical arts and such other occupa-
| tions enabling them to earn a livelihood
| as the directors may see lit to apply the
| institution to. The State already has
numerous institutions for all who desire
| education in the various professions,
while there is not one distinctive school
to make people fit for the everyday places
| in ife."
During his visit to Stockton last week
| Senator Shippee had a peculiar expert
ence, and it led him 10 introduce Pc
culiar measure to-day. While passing q
drugstore in the city named he saw a
man, who had been placed under the in
huence OF hypnotism, displayed in the
show window and serving as sort oi
drawing card for the business. Then he
heard that some OF the boys of the town,
| who had become infected with the hyp-
motto fad, had succeeded in placing q
| Japanese playmate under its mysterious
power and set him to playing baseball.
| When they had become surfeited with the
novelty of seeing the wanderer from the
| land of chrysanthemums wasting his
energies in an imaginary game, with
which he was entirely unfamiliar when
in normal state, they tried to restore
him to his natural condition. To their
CONSERVATION they could not make him
dessit nor get him out of his simulated
| condition. 1t was only after procuring
the aid Of a gentleman experienced in the
art that the Frankenstein-llke Jap was
| relieved.
These matters also came to the attention
of S. D. Wood, a well-known attorney of
| Stockton, who before Senator Shippee left
handed him the following bill, which was
| duly su ubmitted 10 the Senate to-day:
Itshan be unlawful for any person other than
duly licensed physician or surgeon, as such
physician or surgeon is defined by law, to exer
else, or attempt to exercise, mesmeric or hyp'
notic influence upon any person or persons
and any such physician or surgeon shall onl y
exercise such mesmeric or hypnotic influence
while engaged in the actual treatment OF q
Violation of this act is declared to be a
mi demeanor, punishable by fine of not
more than $500 nor less than 500, or by i'm
prisonmento OF not more than one year nor
IS than six months, or by such fine and
imprisment. 1t was referred to the Com
mittee on Hospitals.
Ex- Judge Van Reynegom and Marcus
Rosenthal are here in the interest Of bill
to prevent litigation by which hundreds
and thousands of property-owners are not
infrequently put TO great trouble and ex-
pense.
Take such cases as the Noe suit" said
the Judge in explaining the purposes OF
the bill which it is proposed to have in
troduced in the Legis ature. Here a
large number of people were forced to &c
into the courts and defend an attack on
the title of their property without any
lust or good basis existing for the action
ploy counsel, give more or less of their
time 10 meetings and consultations and
suffered from ten porary cloud on their
titles which prevented any transfer of the
property involved until the case was de-
| cded.
This bill provides that every complaint
| in such case must be verified and must
positively state the time when the COM
! plaInant or his predecessors were last in
ROoSNoSAOAA
ment must not be on belief and informa-
| ton.
'sIf the defendants, or any of them,
allege that they have been for five years
| in adverse possession of the property in
dispute and have paid all the taxes
| thereon during such period, the Judge
shall require a bond OF $500 from com
plainant for each such defendant TO Sc.
cure the payment of costs and $100 fol
attorneys fees"
The measure has the approval and in
dorsement of the San Francisco Associa-
ton OF Improvement Clubs.
| Order has at last been evolved from
chaos in the billroom of the sergeant-at-
arms throu b the efforts Of George w.
| Elder, who was appointed to succeed ]. D.
Wiseman as bill clerk. Elder began WORK
on Monday, and to-day has filled every
request for bills from the Governor down
| When he assumed charge every one was
cIamoring for bills and complaining o1
their failure to secure them.