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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
Plants With
out Soil

The greatest of all Professor
Nobbe's work is his remarkable dis
covery Of method for inoculating the
soil with bacteria to make it yield
richly 1here it lay barren before. In
times past investigators of soil culture
devoted most of their time and atten-
ton to studying the composition Of
various kinds of soil. to the improve
ment of fertilizers and in suggesting
new systems of drainage and water
supply. Professor Noble has gone a
step further in advance, declaring that
plants will grow, under certain con-
ditions, just as well without soil as
with soil. At first glance this may
seem strange enough, yet there are
trees from eight to ten inches in cir
cumference at the base of the trunk
growing in clean water, without sign
of soil of any description. They
stand in rows just back of the Forest
Academy and just back of Professor
Nobbe's greenhouse. Each tree is sus-
pended in large glass jar surrounded
by a green painted case. When this
case is opened one may look through
the glass and see the roots of the tree
hanging there in clean water. The
Oldest Of the trees was planted. or
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rather the seed of the tree was plant
ed, in 1873, and it has grown to full
size without ever touching soil. Leaves
and blossoms have come in the spring
and in the winter the water and the
roots have frozen solid all these years,
and the tree still thrives. Indeed,
some of its seeds were immersed in
water and trees Of the second genera
ton have been grown to considerable
size. Then their seeds were immersed
and there are now growing small trees
three generations removed from the
soil-certainly a clear proof of Pro-
fessor Nobbe's assertion that actual
contact with soil is not essential for
plant growth. In order to produce
such results, however, it was neces-
sary to keep the trees supplied with
artificial food. This Professor Noble
prepared in his laboratory-a certain
definite amount of chlorate of potash,
sulphate of magnesium, phosphate Of
iron. phosphate of potassium and a
nitrate. A small quantity of this mix
ture was dissolved in the water of the
jars every few weeks, and thus the
trees have been kept f1ourishing all
these years, showing that there was
no element in the soil necessary to
plant growth that man could not
manufacture at will.-R. S. Baker in
Harper's Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
New Fire-Escape Chutes

standpipe extends the entire length OF
the escape and has brass hose connec-
tions at the bottom and top.
The escape is connected with the
building by iron runways, which are
protected with heavy iron ratings. All
doors are made in pairs of sheet steel
well braced with half oval iron. The
entrance doors have projecting frames
so that they can open inward and not
interfere with the slide. These doors
close automatically, TO prevent the en-
trance of smoke and heat. The exits
open outward A very slight pressure
of any object sliding against it opens
an automatic latch on these doors.
The slide comes within eighteen
inches of the ground. Escaping persons
get up as if rising from chair on
reaching the exit.
One was recently erected at the City
Hospital Blackwells Island. Fully
5O0, 900 trips have been made through 1T,
and no one has been in the least in
jured. On entering the doorway of the
escape the person sits down, folds his
arms. and before he is hardly aware of
it slides down to the ground. 1t is i'm
possible to block or stampede this es-
cape. The descent is so uniform that
hundreds of school boys in other parts
of the country have glided down head
foremost without the slightest scratch.
A certain principal in one of the pub
lie schools where it has been erected,
in order to secure regular and prompt
attendance of her pupils, permitted
all those who put in their appearance
in good time each, day to slide down
the fire escape as a reward. Never be-
fore had there been such activity
among the scholars, and 1t proved to
be a simple but effectual remedy for
hardness
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
Use Per.
funed Rings

The use of perfume as disinfectant
is we'll known, and the scented dandy"
has perhaps more hygienic wisdom
than his detractors give him credit for.
1t is he who is trying to revive the
use of the perfumed fountain ring, an
article de luxe which NAV either be
used as an ornament or as a means of
a pleasant disipfectant in stuffy un-
derground trains or in insalubrious dis
tricts.
The ring is an ordinary gold one
fitted with ball at the back 1t is
filled by pressing the ball nearly fat
and dipping the ring into cup of
scent, when the elasticity of the ball
draws the perfume into the interior
till quite full. BY the least pressure
the wearer of the ring can cause a
jet of scent to shed its refreshing
aroma any moment he pleases, and he
may thus act as benefactor or a
nuisance to those in his vicinity
The perfume lamp may also be used
as another pleasant method of disin-
ACStAA6 a AOOAh. "A OdlA VI 0pOi6y
platinum is placed over the center Of
the wick. and is fixed in it's position
by thin glass rod, which is inserted
into the wick. The lamp is then filed
with any scented spirit, and when
lighted is allowed to burn until the
platinum gets red hot. The flame is
then blown out, and a pleasant odor
fills the atmosphere.
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NVar-Made
w or a 5

out 20 each waf come verbal riches,
phstevcr tie loss of property or life.
4 1rsr has genuine value in increasing
currency of words outside of their
fsbsl setting snd if we can acquire a
~ II the softer uongolic expressions,
the war wiz naFe been worth its cost
in words. We could not spare ma
mana" acquired from the Spanish
American conflict, or ''reconcentrados. -
since we have no word of Saxon de-
scent which quite expresses these
ideas. And certainly the currency
given TO hike" was worth all we have
brad 90 a-o 90 49, - Da-r~h Did1rs
And from the Boer War surely "kopje"
was, to US an Americanism. worth the
il4-- "a .as-4..-az.---- sc s.ss d. ,.asn 49,
terest our next acquisitions Probably
We wiz soon be making all our Eastern
measurements in ''versts," and if Il be
necessary to overlay Eastern diplo-
macy with a veneer Of silence we
might lacquer" any event our
verbal horizon is certain to be pushed
out and we will have new portman-
teau words in which to carry about
our new wisdom.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
Submarine
Cycling

Submarine bicycling will never. it IS
safe to say, become a popular form OF
recreation. but the wheel has neverthe-
less been used below water with sue
cess. An experiment Of this kind was
made off the coast OF England, near
Plymouth. The cyclist was diver
fully equipped, while he employed
tricycle., with heavy fat tired wheels.
On a smooth surface 1t was found that
the wheel could be propelled easily. if
somewhat slowly. and with much less
effort than is required to carry heavy
suit of armor the same distance.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

NuAC DCCAAAo ~ IT,
provided them with prophetic instinct
in this respect, partly, no doubt, be-
cause to so many of them the weather
is of such great Importance.
The nests of many birds would be
utterly ruined if it's tenants were away
during a storm, and so. warned by in
stinet, they never fail to return home
in time
When a storm is approaching the
robins will sit whistling on the top
branches of trees; if swallows touch
the water as they fly it is a sure sign
of rain, and so it is if the sparrows
chirp a great deal.
When seagulls fly out to sea early
in the morning the day will be fine
and the wind moderate, but when the
gulls hang over the land and fly in
shore the fisher folk know that they
must expect severe winds and probably
stormy weather.
Fish, too, are verv weatherwise. Cod
will actually take in ballast before a
storm. Some while ago a number Of
COD were caught OH the ShOreS Oh NeW-
foundland twelve hours before a severe
gale, and it was found that all of them
had swallowed a number of stones,
some of which weighed three or four
ounces.
Sea urchins always try to wriggle
under the mud, or at least to cover
themselves with sand, before a storm;
while dolDhins never sport or toss
about in a rough sea until a change
for the better is at hand. All sailors
know that a tempest is impending
when the numbers of the stormy petrol
flock In the wake of the vessel.
In Scotland the country people be-
lieve that it viii be a fine day if the
raven cries before the rook in the
morning, but quite the reverse if the
rook makes himself first heard.
If cab horselis lively without ap-
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- Icebound Holocaust -

the second, third. fourth and fifth
alarms. There are engines in front Of
the factory. engines behind 1t to pro-
tect the tenement houses, engines on
either side of it. There are firemen,
engineers, chiefs, dignitaries Of all de-
grees. BY actual count you find there
are twenty-five engine companies. one
water tower, six trucks, five battalion
chiefs, one deputy chief, one acting
chief Of department and fire patrol
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

loves to revel in his murderous mirth,
The bright face Of the clock way up
in yon tall tower tells you that it is
ten minutes after a m. Your ears
and fingers fairly tingIe with the cold.
With it's warning clang and its toot
of whistle a fire engine passes you. You
turn YOUR head to watch it as 1t clat-
ters along. Out of every window of
great factory, far down town, burst
bright flames.
All thought Of fatigue and your
warm bed leaves you. You win go to
the fire. In rapid succession follow
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

esta tablishment, in entering theater or
any other place of amusement where
fire might start and a possible panic
follow, is the means Of escape.
The spiral fire escape is one of the
most useful and possibly the best of
modern life saving devices. Had it not
been that the management of the West
Baden Springs Hotel provided this
means of escape many lives would have
been sacrificed in recent fire which
started at o'clock in the morning,
when at least one hundred persons
were saved by means of the spiral. The
entire hotel was destroyed; only the
chimneys and the spiral fire escape
were left standing.
The spiral is especially suitable for
hospitals. where the unfortunate in
mates are helpless to assist themselves
and when in any emergency they are
entirely dependent upon the nurses. By
using this modern escape they can
throw themselves into the spiral slide,
which is inclosed in a sheet steel cylin-
der six feet in diameter, with heavy
angle iron ring at the bottom. which
rests on brick foundation six feet
eight inches in diameter and two feet
deep. The slide is made of soft box
annealed steel, securely and smoothly
riveted to the cylinders, and supported
in the center by an iron standpipe
three inches inside diameter. This
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

Fair Commissioner. japanese geo
graphical names are pronounced by
japanese with little accent. as a rule.
The vowels are spoken broadly-"a" as
''ah," "e" as long ''e," So as short "e."
%" generally as o. but sometimes as
"sw," and ~" as aoo."
Here are some Of the Japanese names
most frequently met with in the war
news:
Tokyo-Toa-kyoh.
Nagasali-Nah-gah
-Hah-ko-dah-teh.
Kagoshima - Kah go she nah, a
slight accent on last syllable.
shimonoseki-She-mo
Fukuoko-Kwoo-o-kah
Sssabo-Saf-ssy-bo
Hiroshina-He TO she nah. (The
sn5x. "shima," frequently found in Jap
snese names, signifies island" Thus,
sHe-ro-island."
Tokushima-To-koo-sh ito" as
tow In "towboat"
Takaoka-Tah-kah-o -oh-ka-
Nanao-Nsh-nah-oh.
Tsuruga-Tsoo-roo-g
Niigata - Nzhe zhe gah tab. the
double 4" taking the sound Of "zhe-
zhe." The v1S5 has q slight accent on
the third syi ,le.
Fukuyama = Fkyah- nah; slight ac-
cent on the first syllable.
Sch -'zah-tah.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

Tarkio, Mo-, the owner of fourteen
ranches, including more than $4,000
acres of as fine black soil as the sun
ever shone on.
Mr.. Rankin is the largest stock feed
er in the world. He buys more corn
than any other farmer in the United
States. and most of it is fed to stock
on his farms. Besides the extensive
farming operations, Mr.. Rankin is in
terested in many other enterprises In
appearance he is a typical farmer. He
is feet inches tall and weighs $50
mounds. Each day he rides over his
farms and gives orders to his fore
men. He frequently stops on the way
to assist in pulling steer out of a
mud hole or to build shed to protect
a fat porker from the rays of the hot
sun. He is as familiar with the men
enployed on his farms as a housewife
is with her domestic duties.
To the person who has never visited
the Rankin farms the problem of car
rying on the work seems to be a great
task, but the system is so thorough
and complete that the management is
easy.
Mr.. Rankin owns about $4,000 acres
of land; besides this he leases consid-
erable land adjoining him. 1t takes
about 700 teams and 220 men to do his
work during the busy months of sum-
mer while the crops are being put in,
cultivated and harvested. Each ranch
has foreman who has full charge of
the work on the one ranch under his
supervision; he is required to make
out monthly report, filing out a
printed blank, giving in detail the
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
Handy Japanese Glossary

Ishikari-Eesh-e-ka "a bay).
Osaka-Oh-sa
Shikoku-She-ko ko-koo.
Kiushu-Kyu-shoo, the first ~"
given its full sound.
In many respects Korean and Chi
nese names are pronounced after the
same rules as Japanese, although
many have a decided accent on the
final syllable. Among them are:
Yalu-Yah-loo, river dividing Korea
and Manchurla.
Chemulpo-Chee-m -mweel-p accented
on the second syllable.
Masampo-Mah-sah accent on
second syllable.
Mokpo-Mok-po, accent on first syl-
liable, the TX" being sounded much like
the "ch" in the German "ach."
Chefu-Chee-foo, accent on last syl-
liable. as in the following instances:
Wiju-Wee-zhoo.
Yongampo-Yong-a ahm-po, the ing
being sounded as it is in French.
iji-Whah-eh-zhee, the first two
syllables being practically only one.
Seoul-Sool.
Fusan-F oo-sahn.
Wonson-Wohn-soh
Sonchin-Sohn-ch cheen.
Chinnampo-Cheen-n
Yang Yang-Yahng-y
Koseing-Ko-seng
Samchok-Sahm-ch chalk
Chungju-Chwang- zhu, 'ju" signify
ing willie" as Chung vile"
Tientsin-Tain-she
Observation-Disclosures wahn.
Chinwangtao-Shee hn-tau.
Weihaiwei-Wee-hig
Kiaochau-Kwaw-cha
Pechili-Pee-chee-l
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Hour after hour the tall tower and
the engines throw water into the
flames. The water leaves the FIRE
sizzling hot; but before It reaches the
ground it freezes into great sparkling
pillars Of ice The firemen are literally
incrusted with the glittering sheets. II
IL were not for the danger Of II. II 1t
were not for the many human lives IN
peril, it would impress you as the most
awe-inspiring scene Of beauty your
eyes had ever beheld- The gloves OF
the nremen freeze fast to the water
pipes they are holding; but hour after
hour they work on.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

HE State of Missouri
has the distinction of
having within her
borders as a citizen
the most extensive
individual farmer in
the world. He is
David Rankin of
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

this paper mean by saying the patient
is convalescing
Pa-Oh, it means that he has man
aged to outwit the doctor, my son.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

NY one who has been
brought much into
contact with ami
mails knows how
sensitive they are to
approaching changes
in the weather. Ma
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

AVE you any idea,
you Of the great
Golden West, what
fire fighting in the
dead of winter
means in the East?
Imagine that you
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

HE first and one Of
the most important
things a person
should consider in
selecting AN apart
ment for himself
and family. or in
rontinr q hl1Sin eSS
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

He following key to
the pronunciation
Of japanese, Chinese
and Korean geo
graphical n a m e s
was prepared by
Hajime Ota, the
japanese World s
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

of mercy on the coldest of winter
nights-for it is then the Fire Fiend
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HONOLULU, T.. ii.
FOREIGN NEWS.

ST LOUIS, No. May-Ex Luokalan recently
here with Delegate Kuho to visit the Fair has ete
Saturday her way home Honolulu.
TOXIC Japan Nav Admiral Togo reports that heavy
explosions have been observed within habor Arthur
eved be possible that the warshps
prevent their falling into the hands of the Japanese
PARIS May lit rumored that abae Maotenng pass
the Russians suffered heavy loss General zassac
among the killed.
ST PETERSBURG, Russia May 1.-THE report Lieutenant
General zsatc commander the Second Siberian Crops
been killed, is confirmed.
SANTIAGO DE CHILE May 1.-THE Chilean
believed that
purchasing agent nation
warships not known
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TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS

IJdpau elgDI IaSJ steamers.
The entrance 20 the Port Arthur
channel has jnally been closed.
The socialists of Chicago have nom.
mated Eugene Debs for president.
The Russian loan of 5000, 900, 900
has been subscribed in France and
Belgium.
1t is reported in Paris that Grand
Duke Nicholas will replace Alexieff
as Viceroy.
Russia has decided to permit un-
official participation in the ey position
at. st. Louis.
A Tartar general has refused to
obey the order of Viceroy Alexieff to
evacuated Mukden.
The Chinese Commercial Company
will withdraw its line between Port.
land and Hongkong.
The State of Washington in demo-
cratic convention endorsed the
nomination of Hearst.
The Connecticut delegation to the
Democratic National Convention have
been instructed for Parker.
A terrific hurricane sweps over
Cochin China last week, doing tre-
mendous amount of damage.
Henry M. Stanley, the African ex-
plorer, who has been ill for some
time, died In London, May 10.
A tornado swept over Iowa, Okla,
homa, Nebraska, Kansas and Texas
last week, doing much damage.
Ex-Queen Liliuokala and Deleg ate
Kuhio were visitors at the st. Louis
fair, the early part Of this week.
Through the mediation of Mayor
Schmidt of San Francisco, the street
car trouble has been settled for
year.
Russia is trying to induce Chino. to
lease to Russia the railways TO Kou-
pang-tse and Yinkow for military
purposes.
The official report o: the losses Of
the japanese in the battle Of the Yalu
!, river places the loss as LOG killed and
5z6 wounded.
The Japanese loan for $50, 900, 900
will be issued next week, of which half
is taken by the United States and
half by England.
The report that General Kuropat-
kin contemplates retiring from Liao-
Yang and Mukden is vigorouly denied
at st. Petersburg.
J.F. Wallace, general manager of
the Illinois Central Railroad system,
has been appointed as chief engineer
of the Panama Canal.
The Russians have evacuated New
chwang, and reports from reliable
sources state that the Port Arthur
garrison is short Of coal and pro.
visions.
Japanese forces last week landed
at Lao Tong and Pitzwo, on both
sides of the Liao Tong peninsula, and
land communication with Port Arthur
is cut off.
1t is believed that a portion Of the
Vladivostok squadron has been sue
cessfully shut out, and is now in the
Japanese Sea trying to evade the Jap
anese feet.
The government, through the Pier
pont Morgan Co. has issued a war
rant for $40, 900, 600 in payment of tht
7 French claimants for their rights il
J the Panama canal,
1t is stated that the garrison a.
Port Arthur is only 1900 strong, anC
that official documents and field gun,
have been removed in anticipation o
an attack of the Japanese.
Five Japanese armies control Man
churia between the Yalu river anC
Liaotung, which gives the Japanes,
contol of the entire peninsula excep
Port Arthur, which is in a state o
. siege.
3 The British forces attacked fifteel
hundred Thibetans and the battl
lasted six hours, in a heavy snow
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-07-01

ments as to delegates-such as New
York, %; Michigan, 10; Ohio, 81; Illi-
nois, 80, ETC., were modified, and book
tngs allowed, irrespective Of the terri
tory from which the applicants came.
The Grosser Kurfuerst sailed from
New York in March with 800 delegates,
400 more to board ship at various Eu-
ropean ports. The ardent picture was
in every mind Of passing a few days
among the tents dotting the hill on
which Christ was crucified. Many Of
the delegates had attended the three
previous notable conventions Of the
body. had been at the first convention
of July, 1889. at London, where $50
American representatives attended, at
which the Earl and Countess of Aber-
deem were prominent, and great honor
shown to the delegates by the Lord
Mayor and other dignitaries. Many.
too, had been present at the second
convention at St Louis, In September,
1893, where delegates were welcomed
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-07-01

could devise was brought into requisi-
ton for the comfort and pleasure OF
the ship load of delegates that this
continent sent to the little spot in the
east, where three continents join. They
had a musical director and an official
photographer of their own, and the
steamship company spared no pains to
make the long sea voyage as joyous
as possible. The run from New York
to Gibraltar was marked by one call,
that at the home OF Christopher Co
lumbus after 1913. Passing the frcwn-
ing cliffs of Spain, the next port of
call was Algiers on the African side of
the Mediterranean. The ship ran into
the harbor of Valetta, the capital of
Malta, and thence through the archi-
pelago to Greece. A Sunday service
was held on Mars Hill. On through
the Dardanelles, passing ancient
Troy. the pilgrims proceeded through
the sea Of Marmora, arriving at the
capital of the Ottoman empire, and de-
voting two full days to visiting Con
stantinople.
On the first day Of April the COM
pany passed from the European to the
Asiat1c side, and gave twenty-four
hours to Smyrna. Those having Da-
mascus for an objective point, left the
ship at Beyrout; those who had plan
ned for run through Galilee and Sa-
maria, left at Caifa. Down the west
coast of Palestine the Grosser Kur-
fuerst ran, until the pilgrims witness
ed the dropping of the anchor at jap
pa, from where delegates passed on to
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Lessenin& the Risk.

A certain woman, says the New York
Times, had been using the mails for
fraudulent purposes. After the case
had been rendered, the Postmaster
General issued an order barring her
letters from the mails. Then she sent
him a pathetic letter, asking for pri.
vate hearing, that she might lay her
case before him.
81 feel sure" she wrote, that If I
could get a chance to look straight
into your beautiful brown eyes, you
would hear my story"
The Postmaster-G General, after think.
ing the letter over for a few mo-
ments, indorsed it: Respectfully re.
ferred to the Secretary of War for ad.
vice." and sent it to the War Depart
ment.
In due course of time it came back
with this Endorsement:
"Risk one eye.-Elihu Root"