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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

for .ycags n greater safety than IL
neafGr the surface, exposed 30 the dan
gers OF navigation and the assaults of
whales, swordfish and other lcviathans
pertaining 10 Neptunes domain.
While the route necessarily chosen as
that for the projected cable uniting The
continental United States with its in
sular possessions in the Pacific Is most
favorable 10 the project, IL is not the
shortest distance between our Pacific
coast and Asia. In a survey OF the Pa 70
cific from the equator 60 the arctic cir
Gle II viii be seen that the two CONT
nents approach each other most nearly
in the northern region. The shortest
possible length Of submarine cable con-
meeting Asia and America would be, Of
course, across Bering strait, less than
forty miles in width i'm its narrowest
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

climate to order for single grain OF
~ VIII cool a quart OF champagne.
Even on tho equator a person may have
INC climate OF the arctic circle by the
proper use of a chunk OF ait no larger
than lead pencil.
one gallon OF llquid air has tho cool
Ing capacity or power. II has been com
uutcd. of cighty-fivc pounds of Ice. and
an equal amount OF solid air would be
capable cf adequately chilling the lar
gost cold storage warehouse I'M exist
eift-r.-- tf1c rurifiCatiUu OF chcmTCaTs
and liquids used Ina the arts and i'm do
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

cially Is this true i'm the domain OF
chemistry.
so FAR ss known. then Professor
Metz. awaiting himself OF the informa-
ton contributed by his predecessors in
the iiold. went a step beyond any they
had taken and found solid air in the
Twelve inch test tube full of liquid air
after reaching a degree Of frigid tenn
peraturc as yet unmessucd. " looked
Ike icc. bur was different in rru~isten-
cy and had erat tensile strength. Gut
tins has not as yet been fully tested,
though its Tremendous expansive force,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

lariZed the discovery i'm America It
might seem invidious TO mention some
OF those who are identified with the de-
Nelopment Of the process. and not ALL
but this enumeration is made merely to
illustrate the aVidity with which train
ed minds seize upon any sign OF "A new
vein or lead that shall possibly unfold
TO them tie hitherto secret mines of
wealth In natures arcanum The true
scienusi is broadminded, ready to sac
rinc@ himself in contributing to the
worlds fund of information. and espe-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

developed. by thc cumulative effort OF
several if not many minds working TO
one end Tor example. tho first known
iiquefaction Of air by applied chemical
progresses was made in 1873 bv Caillctet
~ Paris and Pictet in Geneya. Two
Russians with almost unprouounceablc
names. Wroblewski and Dbszcwski. im-
proved the processes. Dcmar of Eng
land went furihct than any Other chem.
ist in his experimentation AMI in pub
liahins his results; Linde .of Munich
s1ded hts obsereatiDns. and in 1925
-haf1es +. Tiipler OF New York popu-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25
THE KING AND THE TEA Nrp-
CHANT

y funny story about King Edward
VII and sir Thomas Upton " going
thc rounds That IL need not bc believ.
cd docs not take from it's merits Here
II IS The kine, after distributing south
African medals. sid something to sir
Thomas about tho now orders which
would he bestowed by and by on those
Ne desired to honor and "sD order may
come your way he concluded 1t
shall be promptly attended to-" Is the
alleged reply or tho great tea merchant
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25
AMPE GG A 9A

tween san Francisco ana Yokohama,
about 5000 miles. but there are no in
terNening islands. II would be a
straightaway stretch, like that across
the Atlantic between Great Britain and
America.
surveyed and practically selected, Is
that between California and the Philip
pines, Via Hawaii. the Midway and
Guam. with BILE TO Hongkong and
perhaps another TO Yokohama This
route dips southwesterly from our coast
until below the tropie of Cancer reach
ing about it's southern limit at Guam.
thence westerly TO Luzon and north
westerly TO Hongkong
Still another route across the Pacific
is that surveyed and coveted by the
British government for the completion
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

part. but II is doubtful if that would be
feasible though the route f0r great
transsibeiian and Alaskan line was
surveyed years ago.
Southward, again. we find the Aleu-
tian islands. stretching invitingly from
Alaska TO kamchatka, by which "A sue
cessicn of land lines and cables could
be- run from Seattle or Vancouver via
Sitka, 90 kamchatka. 10 connect with
the transsiberian line ending for the
present az the mouth of the Amur
The most inviting route IS that be-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

NJ an all British line around the w01'ld
or rather. two routes have been sur
Neyed-the iirst between Vancouver, in
British Columbia. via Uniak and the
Aleutian archipelago. 10 Japan, a dis
lance of about $500 miles; and the sec
ond To connect Australia and British
Columbia Via the Fijis. not far from
1000 miles.
Australia and New Zealand are con-
nected with the continental system by
cables southwark from China and In
dia. aud eight years ago Queensland,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

then run the risk OF safe transmission
around Asia, across Europe or under
the Mediterranean and across the At
iantlc, are still fresh In mind. The
route taken by Dewey's messages which
elecriled the world ana gave US news
OF the destruction of the Spanish fleet
is also the only one available at pres
ent. message must first traverse al
most two-thirds the distance around
the globe I'm order to reach a point only
one-third OF that distance away.
The advocates OF governmental own
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

Of course, is taken for granted. The
piece OF air was seized with a pair OF
forceps, which stuck SO hard that they
could not be removed Struck with
hammer, the tool rebounded from the
lump of air as though a. were india rub
ber IL can be Whitfield and shaved.
and il is declared that with piece of
solid air one may manufacture his own
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

ton ln England the ratio was only
5Si and in ireland $50 The explanation
D. that the Scots arc very incorporate.
that they drink whisky instead of beer.
phivh induces crime
Senator lIosr of Alassa ohuscttr
spends uia agauon in resting lie rises
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

mestic economy solid air will prove in
valua ole, for the freezing process me-
chanically eliminates all impurities
The water in whisky, for example,
freezes and is separated from its other
component elements at a temperature
of 81 degrees r.; between $50 and 1870
below fusel oil and other deleterious
ingredients assume a solid form, leav.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

early hut Is in his bed every night by
?. and during the day takes long walks
and does good deal of light reading.
The largest paper mill in the world
located in Maine is nov consuming rs
cords of " ood daily which IL converts
into :gg tons q nsgsesper stock. A
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25
NEWSY TABl0IDS.

FIFTY pounds OF paper for each indi-
Nidusl WAS The amount consumed in
this country lsI year.
Tho vesrlN cash expenditure for cross
zee exceeds $soope oOo. and II ia csu-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

few weeks hence, when this mill viii
he working TO IFS fun capacity. il viii
use daily 53s cords of wood yielding 800
tons of psper as = product.
Lord Salisbury said recently ihst ia
hts opinion the art ~ public speaking
was merely question OF training.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

The k OF having historic
pestsn OF sessoeos famous maepece The Madonna the Ro
na OF the Aenne The Doncen monks who the convent
no had reuesd the privilege OF cpyng The frame wafouod avard
scarcely m said hat this picture by slssofcrrato The Roman artist Of
touch Invaluable n OF the loss OF The Madonna Of the Ro
contemplating all the valuable
In
museums authorized officials
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

Any one" he added. who knows h's
language. Is a good observer, has q fsir
memory and has something to say can
say ~ I'm public anf win applause"
The International Society OF Arbors.
culture planted over 2,ocooco trees last
ses .alst ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

lie is q good racket player, too. and
during the winter Is an enthusiastic
dcvotcc Of tho latter game.
Scotland has tho largest number OF
criminals IN tho United kingdom. Last
year i.sss persons were convicted In the
counts Tor every 100 600 ~ The populs
-.-.t CO sea4l-e- .sa. 4--- 80 4s1a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25

mated that i'm the next twenty years
5000 900 ties will bc required
Alfted Vanderbilt. who is now the
head of his family. is one of the hest
amateur tennis plsycr In Ncw YORK
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

week shows that of the total of money sent
to Europe $556ooo went to Great Britain and Ireland
$2I6ooo to Germany, $4,000 to Sweden $4,000 to
Italy $42 600 to Russia $4,000 to Hungary, $4,000
to Norway, $4,000 to Switzerland $4,000 to France
$4,000 to Denmark, $500 to Belgium and the Meth
erands and $500 apiece to Egypt and Portugal The
Italian orders averaged highest namely SIS 68 each
and the Danish and Dutch the leas-$o o5 and So 60
OF course the postal orders and registered letters
and packages do not by any means represent all the
Christmas cheer that went from Europe in the
shape Of valuable gifts. The postofice carries money
only when sent in comparatively small When
the amount exceeds fifty dollars it is nearly always
sent through the banks instead of through the post
office Consequently it is probable that most of the
money in those Io2265 orders, averaging they did
but $II 62 each, sent by people of comparatively
small incomes and did not include any of the gifts
which the more prosperous and richer Americans
sent to their friends and relatives across the sea-
Uncle Sam, then has been veritable rich uncle
for the boys and girls and old folks across the ocean
He has given literally to make Christmas gay for
them and profitable for their traders in Christmas
goods. Fortunately he is rich enough to stand the
strain and besides he has the satisfaction of knowing
that the balance of trade in his favor will bring him
his money back again and more with it long before
the coming OF next Christmas, when he will once
more help to fill the European stocking.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
oie's Mite.

1t is related that on the last tour of
President Mckinley in the South, An
drew Carnegie was in the party, and all
were asked to attend a negro church in
Thomasville, Ga, where a very fervid
colored minister officiated. 1t is said that
whenever a lull came in the services the
deacons took up a collection, but through
hospitable motives avoided passing the
box to the white visitors The old pas
tor arose at last and preached a sermon
that was at the same time eloquent ear
nest and ridicuIous-preaching right at
the white folks, and his description of the
poverty of the church was so impressive
that when the deacons passed the con-
tribution boxes around for the third time
Mr.. Carnegie intercepted one and dropped
q $50 bill in the box. The boxes were
placed on the pulpit and the old preacher
counted their contents. When he had fin
ished he placed handful of small change
on one side and crisp greenback on the
other. Clearing his throat, he said:
"Breddern, we has been greatly blessed
by dish yer contribution. We has heah
fo' doIlahs an o'ty cents dat is good an
if de fifty-dollah bill put in by de white
gemmen wild de gray whiskers is also good
we is blessed a whole lot NOAH and he
looked suspiciously at the giver of libra
ries and campaign funds.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
PERSONAL MENTION.

General Charles P. Eagan, Z. 5. A, re
tired, is at the Palace.
]. M Hale, a drygoods merchant OF Los
Angeles. is a guest at the Grand.
A. ]. Pillsbury, a newspaper publisher
of TuIare, is staying at the Grand.
S. Phillips, a merchant of Los Angeles,
is among the arrivals at the Grand.
John Cross, a railroad contractor of Los
Angeles, is among the arrivals at the Pa4-
ace.
Raleigh Barcar, an attorney and news
paper publisher of Vacaville, IS at the
Grand.
Judge Frank H. Short. the well known
attorney of Fresno, is registered at the
Palace.
Guv B. Barham, the we'll known young
clubrnan of Los Angeles, is registered at
the Palace.
F. A. Autenreith, a merchant of Yreka,
is here on a short business trip and is
staying at the Grand.
c. N. Sterry, chief counsel of the Santa
Fe Railway lines west of Albuquerque
is up from Los Angeles and is staying at
the Palace.
w. G. Kerckhoff, a lumber dealer OF
Los Angeles. is up here on short bust
ness trip and has made his headquarters
at the Palace.
W. P. Price, acting auditor of the Pa
| cific Packing and Navigation Company, is
at the Palace. He says that the salmon
industry has been prosperous this year
| and the catch of fish has been as large as
in any year in recent times. He is visit
ing the company's properties all over the
| coast. At present he is staying at the
Palace.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
AMERICA TO EUROPE.

n URING a single week preceding Christmas
three transatlantic steamers that left New
- York for Europe carried with them Io2, ,z65
postal money orders, having an aggregate value Of
ST SS 4o 1t is believed that the of the money
intended Christmas gifts. In addition o the
postal orders there were an unusually large number
Of registered mail parcels carried by the same steam
ers. A single of them, the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse carried less than 2oI2o registered pieces
AS many OF the registered parcels and letters also car
ried Christmas gifts to the old country will be seen
that Americas remembrance of Europe kept Santa
Claus busy over there before he crossed the ocean to
our own shores
A detailed statement of the postal orders the
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
GROSVENOR SAYS CONGRESS WILL
TAKE CARE OF CHINESE EXCLUSION
Declares That Meetings. Committees and Travelling Hippo
dromes Are Simply So Much Nonsense.


tic andsa
WASHINGTON, g.,
CORES len Sa
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extension of
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is a
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hash about andt time ten
houseo Of Congress it. Yours truly.
H.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

FIVE-DOLLAR PIECE - Subscriber,
Port Costa Cal. A fve-dOllar piece of
1855 does not command a premium
A BOOk-Subscriber Newark, Cal. The
novel asked for may be had from anv
hrst class book seller in San Francisco
PROFESSIONAL NURSE-I. r n
berkeiey' Cal. There is a nurses training
pital.
fARM1NG LITERATUREAR H q
CITY For information relative to Iitera-
ture on the subject of practical farming in
Cal1ornia communicate with the Experi-
mental Station, University of California
Berkeley. no.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
A DEPARTMENT OF MINES.

BILL for an act creating the Department OF
"A Mines and Mining, and providing for Sec
1 / retary thereof who shall be member OF the
Cabinet. has been introduced in the House by Hon.
S D. Woods of this State The number OF this bill
IS House file No. 7I95, and those who address mem
bers in its behalf should refer it by that number
The bill provides Tor a Secretary OF Mines and an
Assistant Secretary both of course to be appointed
by the President The bill transfers to the de-
partment all existing scientific bureaus which relate
to the subject of mining, including in terms the
Geological Survey, which has no logical loca-
ton in any existing department of the Government
special bureau is created to acquire and dissent
nate special practical information on the subject Of
mining and the director Of the Geological Survey is
made the head thereof.
The jurisdiction control and management OF all
mineral lands Is transferred to the new depart
1nent from the Department of the Interior and all
legal matters pertaining thereto follow this transfer
Patents to mineral lands will come through the Sec
retary of Mines, which viii be great improvement
in view of the provoking delays in issuing such
patents by the General Land Office.
The Call has long advocated the creation OF such
department and Cabinet Office and gives to this bill
its influence and support in the belief that it is step
forward for the West which carries with it the whole
country.
The United States has the greatest variety of valu-
able metals and minerals found associated in any
part of the world We have hitherto called the roll
Of these as found in California alone. The annual
value yielded by American mines is stupendous as
10 invite every encouragement of the industry which
produces it. In 1860 we exported only $9oo,465 OF
the products OF mines. In 1900 that export had
risen to S37,84374z. Only Louisiana, Oklahoma and
the District Of Columbia are reported as having no
mines or quarries. The product of the mines of the
country Tor 1000 was $I,29T, ,29I,579 This value at
the mine expands almost immeasurably in the case
of copper iron and other metals they pass through
the various processes which adapt them use
No other country has such wealth in its mines and
quarries and no other country gives as little protec-
ton and encouragement to mining. Mr.. Woods bill
proposes to do tardy justice to this great interest
and should become law before this session closes
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
Californians in New York.

NEW YORK, Dec. H.-The following
Californians are in New York: From San
Francisco-S. ]. Joseph, at the Herald
Square; DR.. w. Kraft, at the Navarro;
w. Branhall, at the Grand Union; c. B.
Critchlow, at the Broadway Central; e.
Emanuel, at the Savoy; c. A. Hitchcock,
at the Cosmopolitan; w. Lowry, at the
Continental; F. B. Treadwell, at the
Astor, and Mrs. Van Duzen, at the Bar
tholdi.
From Los Angeles-J. L. Hine, at the
AStOr,
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

O. a
to President ony il the shown n
Y Ibut in $ a ma il
Wahgen marked
of jest he puton
the more a
Preside andis s about
istantsu o OF
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

A writer in the Westminster Gazette of London
in describing American cities says "San Francisco
is thing apart-the air of the Pacific seems to blow
different impulses the people, and great and
glorious air. climate and scenery are there bracing
with the breeziness of the West" Evidently that fell
low has been here
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

What with storms off the coast of Washington and
Oregon, Billiards in the mountains and the lake
States, and weather along the Atlantic coast, it
that California is about the only place the
Union where the people are having real good times
in every sense of the phrase
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28
ADJUSTMENTS.

Central-''The Silver King
AIeazar---Charley's Aunt
Colurnbia-''Janice Meredith
Drpheuua-Eaudeville.
Grand Opera-house-''C Carmen
t,altf1 1rnia-"IDevfl's Auction
rfvoli-'LittIe Riding Hood
Cghues Zoo Theaer-Naudevle every afternoon and
eteninE.
Fischer vaudeville.
Recreation Park-Basebau.
Central Park-Easco
Oakland Racetrack-I2aces to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

According to Argentine authorities Chile is the
Russia Of South America. She always wishes every
bit of territory that adjons her own and keeps crowd
ing her neighbors until she gets either the
territory or a fight.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by tha
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's) $40 Mont
gomery street Telephone Main 1O42
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

Maclay may make all the objection he pleases to
his summary dismissal from the payros of the navy,
but the fact remains that he got his Christmas Gift
in the same place the turkey got it.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

It is noted that although Charles Emory Smith has
long been live newspaper man he did not let his
paper have scoop the news of his resignation
of the Postmaster Generalship 1t is believed that
his conduct in that regard is the finest exhibition Of
official conscience ever made in Washington.
With surplus in the treasury, a surplus in the
balance of trade and surplus of revenue Uncle Sam
can hardly be expected to watch the boys in Con
gress too closely when they make up the appro-
pration bills this winter
If the committee appointed by the New York con-
ference does one-llaf as much good as its sangune
supporters predict in the direction of settling dis
putes between labor and capital we will count it as
the best gift the Christmas season has brought US
Having paid the bill for damages due to Amer-
cans the Sultan of Turkey has ordered all nauraized
Americans to leave his dominions; not, it seems.
with any intention Of getting this time but to
avoid damages in the future,
Now that the Pan-American convention has agreed
TO cooperate with The Hague court in arran ging
for international arbitration the thing may be re-
garded as having settled itself for good quiet time
Schley has not suffered much from the decision of
the court Of inquiry, but he got bad blow when
Boss Croker suggested he would be good man
for Tamnlany to take up Presidential candidate.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

It is said that Joseph Chamberlain is the most
hated statesman in the world, but as the people who
hate him do not vote in his district he is not
worrying.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

Choice candies. TOwnsend's. Palace HoteL'
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

Elk. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's'
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-28

S-o--s----
Cal. GIace Fruit soc per Ib at Townsend's-
The Dolores star., 1901-05-24
IRRIGATION ITEMS.
The President and Irrigation. His "Trip May
Benefit the West.

The transition from barren alkali
wastes to scenes of rich vegetation and
luxuriant growth, the result of irriga-
ton, must have impressed the Presi-
dent and his party with not only the
great productivity of irrigated land, but
with the Significance of the word "irrl-
CATION" to the western country.
In viewing the fertile valleys of the
southwest, rich from the fruits of the
orchards and the crops from the fields,
and dotted with prosperous homes and
thriving towns, where IL few years ago
barren plains starved the cactus and
the sage brush, did Mr.. Mckinley
realize that the reclamation of the arid
West carries with it the creation of a
great and populous empire within our
own territory? The wonderful irrigated
belts of the West are but an earnest of
the transformation of this region, which
would follow the Inauguration of a
policy of national reclamation by which
the flood-waters now wasted would be
saved for the use of the farmer.
1t is hoped that the President, on
his trip, has arrived at an appreciation
of the question which of all others is
most vital to the people of the arid
region, namely, water.
The Dolores star., 1901-05-24

Farners and cattle men should make
ali effort TO have the governor issue a
proclamation against the invasion Of
Utah and New Mexico sheep. 1t is
preposteraus to think that such proc,
lamation will be issued without the
governor knows that it is wanted by n
majority of the people, neither will it
be issued for the sole benefit of one
county or small section of the state. A
very good way to convey the necessary
knowledge to official headquarters Is by
petition and personal letters. 1t will
also be necessary to enlist the united
efforts of all portions of the state that
are effected by the damaging encroach-
ment of sheep. The beneficial and de
sired result can be accomplished by a
united effort, but sitting with folded
hands and wasting good breath in idle
prattle will accomplish nothing. Put
your shoulder to the wheel and do your
share of the pushing If you would reap
the benefits.