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"MED1AN" IN THE CENSUS.
Use of the Word Likely to Become Fa-
 miliar-Its Menninp

Use of the Word Likely to Become Fa- miliar-Its Meaning
 A new word seems destined to come into use with the census of 1900 and
 the discussions that will follow the in-
 depreciation of it's results. The word is
 'median." It ought to displace aver
 age and centre for the greater number of ordinary census uses, since the mo-
 ton of average" which most people
 have is really expressed by "median, "
 while average means quite another
 thing, There is room in our terminolo-
 gy for both terms, just as we distin- guish between plurality and majority
 to good advantage in discussing elec-
 ton returns The average age of the
 population of the United States, for eX- ample, is twenty-five years the median age is tWenty-one years. The latter means the point at which there are as many people above as below; an eighty-year-o man would then have no more influence in pulling up the median age of his community than a forty -year-old man, so long as both were above the average. The octogena- rian would, however, have a great in
 fluence on the average age of a com munity, as will appear from the formu- la by which that result is obtained. If there are 157 persons one year old, 113 persons two years old, 95 three years old, and so on, the 157 would be multiplied by one, the 11S by two, the 95 by three, as far as ages go, and then the grand total would be divided by the whole y,,, l,er of T1,o A,,1E be the number of years of life which had been enjoyed by the average person, or the average" age. For statistical pur- posea "median' age is just as valuable, and the establishment of the distinction is important as numberless errors arise from the confusion of the two.
 What will probably surprise more peo- pie, however is that the centre of population" of the United States is not the point of which just as many people are south as north, as many east as west. That would be the median point of population. By the census of 1890 the centre of population was twenty miles east of Columbus, Ind, while the median point was about seventy miles rortheast'of it. in Darke County Ohio, near the western boundary of the State. The reason the centre" gravitates west of the median point is that the Pacific Coast population is on the long arm of the lever, and influences result much as the octogenarian does the average age. Just think where our centre of population would be acordlng to theory, with the Philippine Islands regarded as a part of the United Statesl The East ern seaboard might well say We have no influence here, Washington Letter to Boston Transcript
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SAVED BY A PUFF OF SMOKE.

SAVE B A HOff' Of' soMOhE
 William Albertson, of Spokane, in de- scribing an early mining experience of his yesterday at the Hotel Imperial, said: Tn the seventies I was in Ari- zona with party prospecting the coun- try. At that time the Apaches were making things lively in that region, and while nominally we were on good terms with the Wallapa Indians, they were so treacherous we could place little de- pendence on them. Our horses were turned out to graze at night, and each morning one or the other of us went out to round them up. One day when it came my turn for this duty I located the bunch on mountain side and drove them toward the camp. l then started to do little prospecting. I had a rifle along for protection from the Indians, as our agreement then was that on no account was shot to be fired unless Indians were sighted. I found a float, and on top of the mountain a better one, and this led me to descend the other side I had got down the bench es, when my eye lit on hill which | felt sure was a good prospect, and I started for it. In those days like the Englishman, I ad heye like an 'awk,' and in the distance l suddenly saw lit tie puff of smoke. It was gone in an instant, but I well knew it's meaning. Indians were there, they had discov- cred me and had promptly smothered their fire. Without any haste I began a steady ascent of the hill again, pre- tending all the time to be prospecting, and keeping a wary eye out for the red devils. Before I reached the top they were getting in too close, and I had to make a run for it, but once reaching the crest l trapped behind rock and began to return their fire I knew the shots could be heard in camp, and sure enough in a short time some of the boys came to my relief. But if I hadn't seen that smoke and had gone on it would have been all up with me. Later Char ley Spence. the government guide my self and seven others prospected that hill, but the Indians made our occupa- ton of it what General Butler would de- scribe as untenable. However, we left sufficient record behind us to establish our claim, and when the famous Me- Cracken mine was later located there they compromised with us, and I re- ceived five thousand dollars as my share. "-New York Tribune.
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BOER TACTICTS APPRECIATED
ONE HERMAN GENER.iL'S OPINION
 or THEM.
Doubts That German Soldiers Could
 Have Met Them Successfully.

Under the heading 'Boer Fighting and British Warfare the German gen. eral, von Schmeling, writes as follows:
 "EIow is it posslble?" That was the question asked by many when the news arrived of the heavy English losses Many an old soldier must then have said: Such thing could never have happened to us whose troops are so well up in scouting and patrol work y To be sincere, I thought so toe up to few days ago, when I read book of Francois, (Major Francois, commanding in German Southwest Africa,) who eX- plained in it the fighting methods prac- ticed by the Boers for two hundred years, and copied by the Kafirs and Hottentots. Since then l think that in face of such fighting any European army would have to buy it's experience, unless it had been trained beforehand on the spot to pay back the Boers in the came coin. The outposts consist of single line of men, When the enemy advances their endeavor is to let the ad- vanced detachments get through, to shoot them down from close quarters, and then to fire at the main body as long as the return fire does not become too heavy.
 The giving up of a position is so clev- erly carried out that the enemy only notices it later. Every fold in the ground is utilized. The stony ground leaves no traces. The place of rendez- ,u1,i ,ioI, ie a,,I Sf- ten miles away, never in a straight line back, but always sideways. and clever ambushes are laid for pursuers. The laying of ambushes, the choice of suit able defensive and offensive positions, is one of their great fortes. The Boer will never occupy a prominent kopje, a spot which most attracts the eye, but will settle himself next to it, and in such way that nothing of him is to be seen. His so-called trenches, reckoned to hold three to eight men, are circular, and four to ten paces in diameter. They are mostly nothing but piled up walls of stone, half a mans height. These trenches often lie unoccupied at spots toward which it is desired to at tract the fire of the enemy, while the Boers themselves are at quite differ ent spot-preferably at the end of de- files which enable them to fire at an ad- vancing enemy and then, to return un- seen and protected against the enemy's rifle. Continuous lines of Notifications, in the place of separate trenches, are an exception. The appearance of hat is no proof that a rifieman is there. With such methods the better the Boer's rife the greater his advantage, hence the great losses of the English at the begin ming of every fight, which very often also means the end.-London News Berlin Letter.
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A JACK-I IN-THE- BOX

Here is a little incident with regard
 to yesterdays smelling which is not de- void of interest: It takes about thirty seconds for our shells to reach the Boers. Through the telescope could be plainly seen a casemate where a Boer gun was situated. One of our guns wos directed towards this, and fred d few shells. As soon as, the shells had burst--and they did so often within ten yards of the target-one of the enemy's gunners, clearly silhouetted against the dark background. would stand up in his shirt sleeves and appear to be address ing somebody who was not visible As soon as q shot was fired he would wait a few seconds, and then duck down into his bomb-proof casemate, only to reap pear as soon as the shell had burst So the game went on After the last shot he did not reappear, whether because he was killed or wounded, or whether because he had got tired of the game, will, I am afraid, never be known.- Modder River Correspondence of the London Daily News.
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A DOGS APPLICATIONS.

"Mike' is the name of little gray, silky-haired spaniel, whose home is on Maryland avenue, and he is a most cunning and amusing animal, and as wise as 1t is possible that a little dog can be. His mistress has taught him many tricks. He can tell you what he does when the policeman comes, play ing dead dog, and ,he can call his mis- tress when the telephone bell rings, and is altogether delightful dog. He has been taught to beg for things, and his begging looks for all the world like coaxius, so cunningly is it done. The other day his mistress sent him up stairs to get her slippers. He came down presently with one, and she sent him back for the other but again he returned without it. He was sent back, and this time he stayed so long that his mistress went up stairs herself to see what was keeping him. A heavy satchel had fallen upon the slipper, and the little dog, after trying in vain to move it, sat on his hind legs, with his little paws raised in supplication, hoping that he might persuade the satehel to get off the slipper. He prob ably was convinced that his prayer was efIicacious when his mistress lift ed the hindrance.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
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NED YORK S1OCK AE iEhisr.

Opening. Highest, Lowest Quotations On the New York Stock Exchange reported ey Prince & Whitey, Brokers, 15 Center Street. New Haven.
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Ch.cngO MnrIxnt.

Reported over private wire by H. c. Friedman X Co. Dtnhers and Brokers. 10 Wall Street. N. ". and 7G3 Chapel Street Room and 2. New Maven. ". A, Tanner Manager of Local Branch.
 Opening Highest Lowest Inst
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liX dividend.
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The Union Trust Company
NEW HAVEN.

NEW HAVEN. y CHARTERED by the State of Connect,. cut with authority to act as EXecutor. Ad ministrator, Guardian, Receiver or Yr,stee under will or deed.
 Is legal depository of money paid into Court and all Public Trust Funds Acts n a Trustee for Municipalities, Corporations and individuals, and administers trusts of all kinds. Empowered to act as registrar of stocks, bonds, or other evidences of indebf. edness, manage sinking, funds, and do ail business such as Is usually done by Trust Companies.
 Ii also does q general Banking business. collecting checks. notes, coupons, and re. ceives deposits. The principal of each Trust is invested by itself and Kept separate and apart from the general assets of the Com. pany.
 This Company Is by law regularly exnm- lned by the Bank Examiner of the State Of Connecticut.
 HENRY L. HOTCHKIss, President.
 EUGENE $. BRISTOL, Treasurer.
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Adams Express 4s. .19i7 103 ..
 Boston Elec. 1st Gs. ....l906 1f0 v. international Silver Gs. 194S 100 TOP New Haven City 1s, ,... 1901 10i !. x. Haven City Is. sewer. l9l4 105 :. New Haven City 3lhs do. 1907 100 .. New Haven Town RES. .. 1909 90 .. N H Town P. r. Issue. 1909 100 .. New Haven School 4s. .1904 1o2h New Ion. Gas & Flee. 5s, 1927 l03 106 New Lond. Gas & Elec, 5s. 1920 100 101
 $. N. F. Telephone 5s.. 104S 123 Swift & Go. Gs.......... 1910 10o 106
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NEW HAVEN LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by Kimberly. Root < Day. Bank CTS and Brokers, 15S Orange Street.
 BANK STOCKS.
RAILROAD STOCKS.

Par Bid Asked Boston K Albany. ........ 100 240 243 Boston and N. Y. Air Line 100 106 :. Danbury X Norwalk Ky Co 90 GA .. Detriot Hillsdale X s. w. 100 103@ e. F. II. X Westville Ky..... 2a 40 42 Honsatonc Ky ........ 100 25ls N. H. &Derby By Co..... 100 105 '. N Y N. H. X II. Ky Co.,. 100 2l3 215 Winchester Ave. Ry..... p 45 47a Naugatuck Ky Co...,... 100 252la ..
 MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS.
 Par Bid Asked
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Closing Prices.

Following are the closing prices reporteds by Prince < Whitely. Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway, New York. and 15 Center st., New Haven. Bid. Asked
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verB neiAt Ronttu,
Quotations of Active Bonds,

Bid, Asked At, Top. X $. Fc gen Is. ,1oiM 1olI At, Top. X <. Fc adj. gen 2 As. s2A S3 Brooklyn k. Y. Co cts 6s. 106 .1Osa Central Ky of \. ]. gen mtg 5s. 123 123I, c, R. l. Pacific ext. 5s...,. .10GA l0B1s Chesa. X Ohio gen Z 41as. ... or 97R Ere lst con. prior lien Is. ... SDia s0M Mahhattan hI. con. mtg IS, ..103 103It Mo, Kan. X Texas 1st mtg is 91h 92H Mo, Kan. & T. 2d mtg 4s...... 653t 68 Mobile X Ohio gen mtg 4s... S5b S6 N. l., Ont. & W. gen mtg 5s. .. 1O3b 1O4 N. l., Sus. X W. gen mtg 5s z. 96 96ib Nor. Pacific prior gen mtg 5s. 100 1OOI Nor Pacific gen lien 2 5s. ... 66A 66lb Oregon Short Line 5s. ........ .1l3k 113L pnlia: X Reading gen mtg 4s. S5h S51a Rio Grande x West, 1st mtg 4s 97l5 gs Southern Ky list con. 2 5s.,....1tO 11Ob St. Louis X Southw. list mtg 5s 0S oSi% LeNaS racine lst mtg oS......1l4 114R Union Pacific As .............,.1 105 1O5% Wabash Ky Co.,, 1st mtg 5s. .. .117 1t7i5 Wabash Ky Co. 2d mtg 5s. s..... 90A 100
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vew s'ork Cotton Nxcbnuyc

NFw toTN tOtton Exchnnve.
 Reported over private wire by II. c. Fried. man X Co., bankers and brokers 10 WnIt street, N. r., and 763 Chapel Street. New Haven. N. A. Tanner Manager of Local Branch. Opening. Closing March ..,....... .....,..... 9.5o aGo
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-10
SOME GIANT TREES IN OREGON.

From Sixty to Eighty Feet in Diameter
and Mere Than $50 Feet Tall
/ would like to draw attention to
bunch of immense trees in the mountains
fifteen to twenty miles from my place near
Latourell, on the o., r. & N, says cor
respondent of the Portland Oregonian.
used to make every year trip to the
mountains, lasting generally eight or ten
days, and it was on one of my last trips,
about four years ago. that l discovered
on the northeast side of the divide. be-
tween the waters of the Bull Run and the
Hood river. this bunch of giant trees. The
like / nevep saw before since.
Before l saw these giants | had measur
ed from time to time some trees at home
which girdled twenty-nine to thirty feet
around about three feet above the base,
but these trees could not be compared at
all with the big trees l found in the noun
tains. They would appear as mere sticks
against those giants. | honestly believe
that those giants will girdle sixty to eign-
ty feet around near the base. and that
they are $50 TO 400 feet high. They stand
on kind of fiat bottom and this fiat is
wei protected from discovery, far as
l could perceive, by steep and high bluffs
not only from the Hood river side up, but
from the main water divide down. These
big trees are, in my mind, somewhere near
the north line of the National Park but it
is doubtful if they are in it.
There are two species of the giant
trees. One species has a yellowish and
not very rough bark. is straight and round
as a candle, has no limbs to an immense
height, and has a nice, wonderful crown
The father Of this very aristocrauIc spe-
cies in our mountains is surely the en-
peror of our forest. People must not
think that this tree is the so-called noble
fir, because know not only the ''nobie
fir, but many other mountain trees very
well. Nor must they think that this spe-
cies is one of the common trees in the
mountains. L cannot say how many
giants there are. There may be hundreds
there may be thousands. On our way
home one of my companions was drowned
in the Bull river and, therefore, / never
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IS ALARMED FOR
HER MISSING HUSRA,,

distracted wife is seeking her missing
husband. For three whole days she has
not seen nor heard from him, nor can she
imagine what has become of him. She
firmly believes that he has met with foul
play and. has placed the matter in the
hands of the police that they may unravel
the mystery.
Emil Kaiser bade his wife good-hy for
the day last "Wednesday morning at their
home on Chrisley lane, near Fcrt street,
after telling her that he was going down
to his regular place of business, at Gear
& Lansing's office, in the Judd building.
Kaiser is an agent for the Germania Life
Insurance Association and does business
with Gear & Lansing. When he left his
wife on Wednesday morning he told her
that he might possibly go down to Pearl
CITY but that he would let her know if
he decided so to do.
That was the last that Mrs. Kaiser saw
Of her husband. She afterwards inquired
at the office of Gear & Lansing but found
that her husband had not been down to
the Office that morning. 1t is said that a
MIR. Gray saw Kaiser at about 10 O'Clock
Oh Wednesday morning; that is the last
that anybody knows of him.
The frightened wife waited for some
tdings of her husband, thinking that i'm
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as the negotiations have now been shaped
are the United States, France and proDan-
" Russia AS to the United states, tnere
il no possibility of an initiative in taxing
territory so that the terms OF the thlro
cause would appeal to France and RUSSIA
and would bring about concurrent action
Of the five powers in case either of these
eolIght to extend their domain in China.
WHAT UNCLE SAM DEMANDS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-Comprehenslve
instructions bearing upon the indemnity
his Government will demand of China,
have gone to Minister Conger. Admins
nation officials decline to discuss their
character but the demands this Govern
ment will submit will be moderate. Ihey
will comprise restitution for injuries SUI
fered by Americans and the damage done
their property and the reimbursement o.
expenses incurred in sending the expedi-
zion to China 1t cannot be learned that
this Government has determined upon the
exact amount to be demanded, but what
ever il is it will probably be accepted In
Chinese bonds which are to be taken up
by China in installments.
1t is likely that Germany Will hle a
claim of several millions for the death OF
Baron Won Ketteler, the German Minis
ter.
So far as the information of the State
Department goes, satisfactory progress Is
being made by the Ministers in reaching
agreements as 10 the demands to be sub
mtted to China.
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HOUSE
APPOjNT MENTS

r. c. Stackable has been made
cashier of the Custom House by Col
lector Stackable, his brother. The new
cashier arrived in Honolulu few days
ago and took office Immediately. He is
81 years old. a graduate of the State
Normal school of Michigan, unmarried,
and has lately been living at Watson
vile, Cal. His salary is to be $500 a
year.
James E. Tucker has lately been
made chief examiner and acting ap-
praiser of the Custom House. Mr..
Tucker is from San Francisco, where
he had thirteen years experience as ap-
praiser in the Custom House. He is
said to be a first-class man for the
position. His salary will be $4,000 a
year.
NJ. M. Springer has been appointed
a clerk in the Custom House by Col
lector Stackable at $1,000 a year He
comes from Washington, d. c.
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HER DRINKING SONG
Great Demand Made Upon Nina III
mann-Heink to Sing II

Great Demand Made Upon Nina :.
mann-Heink to Sing II
Nine. -Heink. who h.,
turned to New York after sirrir.
the various musical festivals ~
that the fame of her drinkiro :.
had preceded her. Whether cha
Mozart or Wagner, there was .lr,l
a demand to hear the Donizett hri,s
and until she added that numb, n
triumph was never complete Nav
this feature, Nine. Schumanr. ).
found the public in the towns on,s|
New York interested chiefly in i,
number of her children. Whe,hs,
was eight or nine, or ten, or perbs,
only six, little Heinks and Schum,,,
that she had left behind in Dres;.
puzzled and absorbed the local chm,
iclers of her movements. The cOptz
to is likely to have the same expersp
in most of the towns that she visit,
her concert tour previous to the Wi
ing of the opera companys season
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behind the back and button together
underneath the back of the coat Sew
on the waistband of the trousers behind
four extra buttons. The suspenders are
carried over the shoulders and both
ends buttoned behind. The suspenders
are entirely concealed by the coat Gig
y, and the cool breezes are left to blow
where they will do the most good. The
advantages are that one may change
the style to suit the weather in the
morning, at noon and in the evening
objections are removed, the sleeves and
cuffs are protected, while the tailors
and individual taste may be trusted to
produce infinite variety. Removing the
suspender buttons in front and the
wearing of belt are but details. Sus-
penders are only to keep the trousers
up without discomfort, and nothing can
replace them; yet in summer the trou
sers may just as well be worn loosely
and turned up at the bottoms.
What's the matter with a style that
can be adapted and adopted in a few
minutes?"
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portant business nors
away, but when no n raps' had ke,,
ing she grew alarmed" s Was tans
lice. " Tie hands !. ~
Yesterday she hastenaa
station and gave the fact 70 the !.
ment, also leaving a pbo, s 70 the i.
husband to assist in tho pooograph q
ser asserted that her hn sgstea. Nh ;
perate man in his habits land aas Vas
sessed no vices that wo ~,la that b.
lead him into trouble GU oe lks
that their home RELATE sue stated
pleasant and that her hn S were TIE
IN all the eight years of tb osnd mad
left her without some ' n' harrei
as to his Whereabouts Ping her info
Mrs. Kaiser firmly below
band has met with soma Fun, ma, her
ne may even now he noos ,,a' n and
ton. He had $65 in his n Do'i.s Aef
left home and he NAV ba ylNg' VIE
and roughly handled. thinte wen ,
Kaiser is a man about e Nfs Z
inches in height, of fair c, i,rs leet
blue eyes, hair grey in the , f.
moustache tinged with orr Oal
mr. was last seen by his wife. vo aa'
corkscrew suit, a black Fedo. mO,e
blue and white striped sbjrt na'
Captain A. A. Fox of the
troi Is at present inves,in vaa'
strange disappearance ''''sauA
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went to the mountain aain b,~
always had a desire to 20 and y ~ ID
further about those big trees
Cedar is the second species ..
trees. They rival in size and gra,s
hrst species. But the most
thing about them seems 10 no n go
are, in spite of their immans. 'ls' J
and age, seemingly sound a.. .'.
through and through. AN q