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New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
TAXES ISSUE WITH PRESIDENT ELIOT.
J. F. KEMP. OF COLUMBIA. DOES NOT BELIEVE
THAT ATHLETIC SUCCESS GOVERNS THE
ATTENDANCE OF A COLLEGE

ATTENDANCE OF \ tOl4I4EtfE.
Commenting the ideas expressed in the re-
cent report on athletics by President Eliot OF Har-
ward. James Furman Kemp chairman Of the fac
uty committee athletics Columbia, yester-
DAY furnished comparative statistics in re-
gard to the attendance at Columbia. He said:
We have heard IL said often that students are
particularly attracted to institution which wins
The two most important athletic contests at CO.
umbia in the last Few years have been the victory
OF the Columbia varsity eight at Poughkeepste in
1895 and the formation of a football team in 1899
In 1896 after Columbia successful at Pough-
ninety mine, increase of thrty-hve over the pre-
Cedng year. while registration in the following
fan the year of Columbia's disastrous crew de-
feat, showed increase Of only three. Likewise
I'm 1900 the year following the establishment OF
football, the class gained eighteen, but in 1899, the
year of the football victory over Yale the first
class tWenty-One smaller than In 1895
tween marked growth and success of the athletic
teams the statistics at Columbia contra
dictory to lead candid investigator TO seek
some other explanation. The growth OF the col
lege and schools of applied science in recent years
has been pronounced. 1t has taken place in years
OF athletic victory and in years of athletic defeat
In the latter II has been more pronounced some
times than in the former, and, on the whole, am
not inclined to attribute great Importance TO inter-
doubt that some promising athletes in the prepara-
tory schools would be attracted by the chance Of
making a prominent or probably successful team,
but when their actual numbers considered do
not believe that they would form very large pro-
portion in actual statistics.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
PaBDEIL0 WANTS TO WRESTLE.

Leo Pardello, the champion italian heavyweight
wrestler through his manager. Tommy Kelly
sends out the announcement that ne is anxious 10
try a contest with John Pening. Pardello is conf
dent that he can defeat the butcher boy catch
as catch can style, and is willing make a side
of from 800 $500 the result. best falls
of three to count. In Pienng refuses to
Pardello the Italian agrees to meet Charley
I,eonhardt, the Newark heavyW eight, and in the
event of his failing to pin Leonhardt TO the mat
twice within an hour he will forfeit the match.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
FACILITY OPPOSES LEWIS AS A COACH

The project to have +. NJ. Lewis as coach OF the
Columbia baseball team has met with the opposi
ton of the faculty. Lewis is now instructor in
rhetoric at Columbia. and formerly coach of
Harvard and a pitcher the Boston National
League team. The faculty believes that It would he
uudignihed to have member Of the faculty serve
as an athletic coach AS the team expected TO have
Lewis act as coach. II upsets their plans Consid
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
PENN WILL PLAY BALL WITH YALE
BUT PROBABLY WILL NOT MEET Ellis ATH-
LETEs IN ANY OTHER SPORT.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUN

tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBUNE.l
Philadelphia, Feb. SIT learned good au-
thority to-day that II satisfactory dates could be
arranged Pennsylvania and Yale would meet in a
baseball game some time this spring. Many rumors
have been current for time TO Yale
Pennsylvania game and IT now transpirts that only
the matter OF date stands between these two uni
verses renewing relations in this branch Of sport
The resumption of baseball games does not indi-
cate that all other branches Of athletics Will De
resumed by the colleges The other sports will be
taken up separately by the heads of the respective
departments. but there is little chance Of contests
on the water gridiron, for the reason that Yale
has about enough her hands now. without TAX
ing the sturdy Red and Blue oarsmen and foot
hallers. Penn is ready. however, to accept a chal-
lenEe either for football or rowing.
AS intimated some time ago in The Tribune the
college boat club will be revived this year. Already
plans for new enlarged clubhouse have been
urepared and a committee has taken charge OF
raising the money required TO give Penn's grad
uRte and undergraduate oarsmen house big
enough accommodate them all.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
CRICKET.

BROOKLYN CLUB TO RECEIVE PENNANT-
KINGS COUNTY CLUB MAY TAKE
PART IN CHAMPIONSHIP.
F. F. Kelly. the secretary OF the Metropolitan Dis
trict Cricket League. announces that arrangements
have at last been made for the presentation to the
Brooklyn Cricket Club OF the pennant, symbolic OF
the cricket championship of NewYork for 1901 This
will take place at smoker to be held at the
Knickerbocker Athletic Club Saturday evening.
March /.
The annual meeting OF the league will be held
the following Tuesday March 4. II Is under
stood that at this meeting applications for mem
bership will be presented by the Livingston Field
Club and the Paterson Cricket Club. 1t Is also
understood that this season the Kings County
Cricket Club will take part in the championship
schedule of the league. which in consequence will
be contested for by eight teams, provided resig
nations OF the present members are received.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
SKI RACING IN NORWAY.

Christiana, Norway. Feb 3.-About twenty-five
thousand spectators. including many foreigners,
among whom several Americans, Witnessed
the ski racing to-day at Holmekeen. Gjoelme
made the longest leap. 2911 metres
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
BROOKLYN POOL TOURNAMENT.

The championship handicap pool game between
Mr. Bridges and Mr.. Middleton at the Montauk
Rooms. Brooklyn. last night was won by Mr. MID
dleton. The score by innings follows:
Middleton-11, 10. 8. 7. TO- 0. II. H. 6. 9. :. 8
Total. 100 average, 400; high run II
Mr. Bridges-3, g.. o., 6, 8. 6, 4 4 o 6 S :. Total.
~; average, 3-f00: high run. 9.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04

What's the matter. little boy?" inquired the kind
lady stopping before sobbing urchin in the street
IL got a boil on my neck" whimpered the boy
Yes, but just think how many boils Job had!"
II know, but think tn patience he had, too"
replied the boy.-(Ohto State Journal
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
THE RRoNX BUILDING PLANs.

The following plans filed yesterday the
Buildings Department in The Bronx:
Avenue T., southwest Cornar of Twelfth st,
J'nionport: two and one-half story frame dwelling
house SOx4e feet. William Callahan, No 240 East
Eighty-sixth-st., owner, 5000.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
LOAN OF $500 on BROADWAY PROPERTY

LOAN OF ssi5,coo ON BROADWAY PROPERTY.
samrel Hirsch and Albert Joske have loaned to
the National Realty Company sSi5OoO the prop
erty at Nos SOS and s2s Broadway. and No so to IS
East Twelfth-st.. for the building Of eleven
story skeleton construction and freproOf building
The building is to be completed and ready for oc-
cupancy by February l. 1908. and will be a store
and loft building. The loan made through
Kurzman & trankenheimer. attorneys. No. 20
Broad-st. Title to the property was transferred
the National Realty Company yesterday by Mr..
Hirsch and another.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
LAST YEARS BUILDING

LAST YEARS BUILDING OPERATIONS.
Details OF building operations for the year ended
December 81. 1901 made public yesterday.
The following table gives totals OF the plans for
new buildings:
of
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04

Plans for alterations to buildings involved an
estimated cost of s14O20s6O making total OF
sl50U1260 For 1900 this total was Sss 4s2 Ia or
little more than one-half OF this Increase Man
haitian had the lions share: the figures for 1900
being $50 4Ss.l6s and for 1901 Ss3 i9I 40S AZ the
same time fewer buildings were Completed in 1s1
than IN 1aoo-62z5. against 65Sz
New-York tribune., 1902-02-04
w w AsToR TRANSFERS TITLES.

William Waldorf Astor transferred title TO No.
543 Broadway and No ia Mercer-st. 10 John Addi-
SON. who mortgaged the property to Mr.. AstOr for
S25,000, at D per cent
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Study of Thunderstorms.

Various electrical devices, including
Tommasina's electro-radiophone and
Fenyi's coherer, have been used for
studying distant thunderstorms. The
new apparatus Of J. J. Landerer con-
sists of telegraph line of 800 yards,
running north-northe which is put
to earth through the water pipes of
Tortosa and joined to very sensitive
galvanometer. A great advantage is
the showing of the direction of the
discharge. A lightning flash in the
distance gives slight shock, fol-
lowed by a greater one, and the small
deviations are always in the same d.
rection during the same storm, the
discharge proceeding from north to
south in storms taking place east of
the meridian and from south to north
in storms in the west. One storm re-
corded was as far away as 1Aajorca,
distance of $50 miles.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
SOLDIER WAS JUSTLY INDIGNANT
Veteran of Civil War Referred to as
''Battle Scared' Genera,

Veteran Of Civil War Referred to as
"Battle Scared" Genera.
Prof. VIM. F. King, president of Cor
nell College, of Iowa, believes that a.
newspaper reputation is somewhat
pfecarious. At the dinner given in
honor of Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of
the treasury, at the St. Denis hotel
recently President King told of the
experience of famous general of the
civil war, who was described in the
leading newspaper of the town where
he lived as a "battle scared general"
''The general" continued President
King, was justifably indignant, and
expressed himself to the editor of the
paper in no uncertain language He
demanded that correction be made
in the following issue, and to his
great dismay on picking up the paper
on the following day found himself
described as 'bottle SCARED gen.
eral.'
There is no fear" said President
King in conclusion, that any of the
guests here tonight will go home
bottle Scared I notice that mas
much as the menu contains no wines,
the guests have been INDUCING freely
in plain water. However, the edibles
have been luscious enough to make
the mouth of the Hudson water."-
New York Tribune.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Trees for Shade

"A communicat ton from the Oklahoma
station says: The trees most generally
planted have been elm, soft maple, ca
talpa, black locust and box elder. The
elm grows slowly at first and is at
tackled by borers, but is the best shade
tree in the list and should be included
in every planting for shade. The soft
maple is easily broken by the wind and
suffers from drouth and the attacks Of
borers, but it grows rapidly from the
start and makes a pretty tree. The
limbs OF the catalpa tree are easily
broken by the winds, but it grows rap
idly, makes a fair shade and is valuable
timber for posts. The black locust is
not generally regarded as a first-class
shade tree and it's tendency to sprout
from the roots makes it somewhat OBJ
jectionable on lawns. But it is the
fastest grower in the list, will stand
more neglect than the others, and the
wood is very durable for posts. The
box elder is a moderate grower and is
not adapted to poor upland soil, though
it does we'll in favored locations. The
ash and sycamore are good trees, but
are not adapted to as wide range Of
soils as the others.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Teaching Horticulture.

While at the Kansas Agricultural
College lately the writer'had the pleas
ure of talking with Mr.. Baxter, who
has charge of the greenhouses there.
Mr.. Baxter is perhaps the only man in
the country who occupies the double
position Of manager of greenhouses
and Instructor in Horticulture. At the
college are 400 young ladies, most of
whom are taking the domestic science
course. Several times week classes
go to the greenhouses and are there in
structed in the science of cultivating
and caring for flowers. The future
homes of these girls will show the ef-
fects of this teaching. Where there
are greenhouses under the charge of
competent floriculturists the latter
might be used as instructors not only
in our colleges, but also in many of our
common schools. Probably all advanced
educational institutions have green.
houses connected with them, and this
opens up a large field for demonstra.
ton in this art
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05

Only the expert artist who has
spent years of practice can carve a
statue from block of marble, but the
merest novice can duplicate the orig
lnal with the apparatus shown in the
accompanying illustration. Emora T.
Brannan of Baltimore, Md, is the in
ventor, and with his device, he says,
it is possible to reproduce a piece of
statuary any number of times without
injury to the original, the repetitions
being of any desired size, according
to the adjustment of the machine.
\ To put the carver in operation the
statue to be duplicated is placed on
fixed pedestal within easy reach of
the operator. Then a block of marble
or other material is mounted on
second pedestal directly above the pat
tern. Between the two is suspended
a pivoted bar, with tracing finger
at the lower end anu any suitable
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Wireless Babel.

A national patriotism appears to be
influencing wireless telegraphy adop-
ton. Canada officially has recognized
the Marconi, this system being an
adopted child, as it was perfected and
demonstrated on Canadian soil, Great
Britain, through the Lloyd's contract,
has practically declared for the same
system. Germany is said to have des-
lgnated the Slaby-Arco system as the
o1hclal system for navy and coast sig
nal stations. BY similar reasoning
this country should declare for the
Tesla system, the practical work on
which has already been started in the
Long Island station. Tesla, in a re-
cent interview, declared that he had
solved the problem of secret messages
more than two years ago, when he
first considered the erection of COM
mercial station. What, however, will
be the result if each country adopts
system which is not universal in its
scope? The value Of the new inven-
ton to mariners will certainly be
much circumscribed.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Hereford Premiun1a,

We are in receipt of the preliminary
premium list Of the three National
Hereford shows to be held this fall,
and Secretary Thomas informs US that
prospective exhibitors should write
him at once for same. The classic.
cation does not differ materially from
that of last year except that there is
an additional class for yeariing bulls.
so that this year there is class fo1
senior yearling bulls and another for
lunior yearlings. At the American
Royal at Kansas City the Stock Yards
Company is giving $500 in prizes for
car lots Of Herefords, 5000 Of which "a
Tor fat stock and $500 for feeding cat.
tie. This is in addition to last year.
premium list. For the Internationa1
1t Chicago the Hereford Association
offers 5000 in prizes for carload lots
Of fat Herefords. This amount ia IN
addition to the premiums offered hv
the International management and
should bring out an exception 11v
arge exhibition Of "white-faces'. IN ~.
pens. Write G. R.. Thomas. Sec oes
West Twelfth St., Kansas City. No
Tor a premium list, which will give
tull particulars. $n u %t$= = 80 -
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Medicine Dispensing Device.

It is obvious that for administering
medicine to patient especially one
too ill to be served by means of
spoon or where a definite quantity of
fluid is frequently to be given, the
device shown in the drawing will
prove particularly useful. 1t COM
prises both cork and medicine drop
per, and is capable of adjustment to
vary the quantity of fluid to the re-
quired amount. The rubber bulb has
it's lower walls thickened and an open
ing is provided for the insertion of
the tube. The interior wall of the
opening is nodded with a thread to
cooperate with corresponding
thread on the head of the tube. The
upper end of the tube extends into
the bulb to serve as an abutment or
stop to limit the depression of the
bulb. By twisting the tube to the
right or left while the bulb is held
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Tho Inverted Comma.

Mr.. Bernard Shaw will have the
sympathy OF writers-and we should
think of compositors-in his protest
against the use of the apostrophe. He
has himself dropped it out Of "aint,"
don't" and shouldn't but not out
of "he'll"-before he wrote his protest
in .'The Author" But why all these
inverted commas, "the silly trick of
peppering pages with these uncouth
bacilli"? You will find none of these
bacilli in the Bible. Take this pas
sage, chosen at random: Now Jesus
knew that they were DESTROYS to ask
Him, and said unto them, Do We in
quire among yourselves Of that I said,
A. little. while and We shall not see
me; and again, a little while, and We
shall see me? Tie modern compos-
-itor would set that passage between
two brackets of inverted commas, for
it is a quote within a quote. But it
is beautifully clear as it stands. And
among all Biblical misunderstand-
ings, nosone we think has been misled:
BY the absence Of an inverted comma
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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
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Preventing Abortion.

A good deal has been said on sew
eral occasions in this department re-.
garding the subject of contagious
abortion and its prevention, but many
seem to consider the work Of stopping
an outbreak too much to undertake.
lt\strikes us that although there is in
deed deal of work entailed in carry
Ing out systematic attack on conta-
glous abortion, it pays for the trou-
bic and should in every instance be-
engaged in thoroughly. Some say that
carbolic acid cannot well be given ia
cattle when going upon grass, as the
animals cannot be drenched without
stablng, but one man at least has got
around this difficulty by mixing car
oollc acid in salt and allowing cattle
to lick the mixture at will. He says
that this plan has given as good re-
suits as drenching, and we would al.
wise our readers to try it when there
is need Of the medicine. The acid
should be mixed in the salt in the pro-
portion OF one and ~one-half drachms
OF acid to one pound Of salt. If the
cattle will take sufdciency of this
mixture to get enough carbolic acid, It
Is good plan, but if they do not care
for it, then 1t would be necessary ia
give the customary preventive dose
(Which is half drachm twice daily
every other day. mixed in food or as a
drench in water. At the same time it
is to be remembered that the carbolic
acid treatment is not sufficiently re-.
liable to do away with the advisabillry
of other treatment. AS the germ may
enter the body at the vagina it is nee.
essary to sponge the vulva, tail and
hind quarters occasionally and the Oft.
ener the better in bad outbreaks, and
also to treat the sheath of the bull in
the same way. The latter treatment is
imperative for the reason that the bull
when allowed to serve a cow that has
aborted and suffered discharge or re-.
tention of the afterbirth will be about
certain to transmit the germ Of the
disease to other COWS subsequently
served by him. The injections of the
sheath are to be made by means of a
fountain syringe or long rubber hose
and funnel and the mixture to be used
for the purpose is the same as applied
to the vulva, viz: a 1000 solution
OF chloride of zinc. Two gallons Ct
this solution should also be used once
daily as an Injection for vagina of COW
suffering from discharge.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
The Horseless Age Not Yet.

Some years ago, when the bicycls
business was enjoying it's greatest
prosperity, it was very common fol-
amateur prophets to predict the
'horseless age" Every one seemed
about to discard the horse forever. But
the excitement proved of short dura.
ton, and the horse came again into
favor. But since that time the export
trade for American horses has very
largely grown up, and the home de-
mand has also steadily increased. In
1893, the prices for horses were very
low. This fact in itself was the start
ing point of an upward movement
The low prices proved an attraction to
foreign buyers, and our horses began
% go abroad in sufficient numbers ia
Offset the imports. In 1895 for the first
time in many years the foreign trade
showed a favorable balance. In that
year about $4,000 horses were imported
and like number exported. From
1884 to 1895 we imported Az ,450 horses
an average of $3.50 per year. During
the same time we exported 45,940, an
average of 1898 per year. The annual
balance in animals against us was
about $4,000. After 1895 the number
of horses annually imported fell of
rapidly, dropping to 1891 in 1896; to
6,99S in 1897, and thereafter being lit
tie in excess Of 5000 per year. In the
meantime exports increased as fol-
lows: 1896, 25,126; 1897, 1852; 1898,
51,15o; 1899, 45,77S; 1900, 64,722; 1901,
S2,250. These figures apply to horses
only. The trade in mules has grown
more rapidly proportionately than has
that of horses. In 1893 we sent abroad
over 5000 mules, and the next year
over 5000. In 1900 the number ex-
ported was 43,369, and in 1901 it was
S4,4o5. In seven years we have sent
abroad 429.075 horses and mules,
Meanwhile the demand at home has
been vigorous and is increasing. Verl.
ly the horseless age is not yet.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
Honest Packing.

From Farmers Review: Would ad-
wise all growers Of small fruit to put
their fruit up in new cases and
to be honest in their packing;
that is, have fruit run uniform
in quality and give good meas
ure. The trade here discrimin-
ates against the use of secondhand
packages and against short measure.
II an article is number one the best
trade is always in the market to buy.
We would further suggest that if
grower intends to remain in the bust
ness it will be to his advantage to use
some particular brand for his number
one fruit. Buyers, after finding that
some particular line of fruit gives sat-
fsfaction to- their trade will in the ma
jority Of cases leave standing orders
for same, the price under the circum-
stances being of secondary considera-
ton. An attractive package always
helps to sell the fruit.-M. George,
Commission Merchant), Chicago.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-07-05
NO CLEAN MONEY in !. OIL BELT


Silver Coins Turned Black BY Fum..
I: ~ No. .s from Texas Wells. *
Money Is curiously colored in the
oil region" = said gentleman from
Beaumont, land during my recent ex.
perience in the Texas city I could not
really tell whether was getting good
money or bad half the time. The an.
pearance of the silver in circulation
in and around Beaumont, was a reve1.
alton to me, but, of course, men who
have been in oil regions before, where
the very air is filled with gas, knew
just why 1t was. Shiny dollats are
really very rare now in the Texas
oil belt The black oxidized dollar is
the rule. The dimes, quarters and
halves are black. 1t is marvellous how
quickly the silver will become oxi-
died.
Il was talking to one of the men
who was actively engaged in working
at one OF the wells, and just for my
beneht> he made a little experiment.
He searched around until he got new
looking dollar, one that had just ar.
rived and had not had time to be af-
fected by the oil and gas of the place.
He put the dollar in his pocket and
went to work at one of the manholes.
He did not remain there a great
WHILE
when he returned he pulled out
the dollar and handed it to me for in
spection. 1t was black enough, and it
had not got out of his pocket until he
gave it back to me. The gas simply
permeated the mans clothes, got into
his pocket, and when it struck the
silver the necessary chemical proc
esses were set in motion to leave the
dollar colored. All the silver which
has been at Beaumont, for any length
Of time is in this condition, and the
man who would draw the color line
on the dollars in the Texas oil belt
would simply be unable to do bust.
ness"