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tense The roof timbers seem to creak with eX-
element; yeIls and shrieks that would drown
the war cries OF band Of Sioux Indians pierce
the air. When amid the clash of stic Is and
ring Of skates one player secures control of the
puck and finally succeeds in driving it through
the goal, the Uproar suggests dynamite factory
cutting loose The ponderous and less .t&cu-
lar game of curling also has its deyot,rS- In
Montreal and Quebec there are several clubs Of
men and women who enjoy sliding the heavy
stones around A year ago Canadian team
worsted a picked team sent out from Scotland.
the home Of the ''roarin game.
on moonlight nights shldowy lines ot lovers Of
snow shoeng may be seen picking their way
across the mountain outside of Montreal under
the pines and hemlocks. with their loads OF slit
tering snow crystals. suggesting Christmas
trees There are innumorabIe snOwshoe clubs IN
Quebec, and they contribute largely to the
social life in the winter season. In Indian he
they take long night tramps TO rendezvous out
side the city headed by a bugle band and bear
ing torches. The Pickering lights and their
uulticoIored blankets give them a picturesque
appearance Skeeng has Of late years been
taken up at Montreal and Quebec and has be
come = popular sport
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one finally chosen IN the memorial court This
court Is dedicated to the Stanford alumni ana
undergraduates who fell in the war with Spain
great many went out as officers and privates
In the California. Oregon and Washington vol
unteer regiments. all of which saw much active
service in the Philippines and suffered heavy
losses IN battle and camp. Mrs Stanford fol
lowed the fighting career OF "her boys" with
great interest. and the memorial arch and court
are her idea.
Many are the stories which the undergradu-
ates tell OF young Stanford and his many fine
qualities The men students have one account
OF the founding Of the university in which the
women students do not concur. They say thar
shortly before his death, which occurred abroad.
Leland was discussing education with his father
and mother.
81 wish" he Is said to have remarked. that
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man whose name 1t bears The fact Is carved
Into the sandstone OF The building, pictured In
the stained glass windows OF the college church
SHOWN forth In paintings hung on the walls of
the different buildings and In numerous exhibits
In the university museum Nowhere. however
Is the point more strikingly brought forward
than by the Stanford family group statue. to
which has recently been given the place OF
honor IN the memorial court
This statue shows the father. mother and son
in life size bronze figures mounted on a high
marble pedestal To the left Is the bearded
Senator. IN familiar frock coat and low turn
down collar. Bis arm is around young Leland
who stands upon q block OF marble. To the
right is the figure OF Mira Stanford kneeling
upon the block which the son stands and
with one hand reaching Up to and resting on his
shoulder. Il Is a most striking picture OF the
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HAD 4 M4NTEL OF MALACHITE,

William Jennings Bryan has brought back
from Europe a story about the eldest Of the
Barons Rothschild-
This nobleman, according to the story was
entertaining at dinner a distinguished party
The dinner went on admirably. Nothing maTre'
the general enjoyment save the silly loqu4cltJ
CT young man
This young man insisted on monopolizing the
conversation He insisted on talking about him
self-about his books. his works, his love Affairs
his automobile
Finally he jumped to his feet
-By Jove," he said, 81 must show you my
new cuff buttons. 1 got them this morning
They are malachite-"
And he passed from one guest to another,
exhibiting the buttons
-.Nalachite," he kept repeating Genuine
rnalachite'
Baron Rothschild watched the young mans
urogress with faint sneer. When the buttons
reached him, he touched them with his finger
guperciIiously. and drawled:
-Ah. malachite Ell? 1t Is handsome stone
have always liked it have a mantepiece Of
u IN the next room
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MOvcment for Their Preservation
for National Benefit.
TpRoM TIE TRIBUNE BUREAU.I


Washington. Jan. 3O.-The creation OF the Ma.
tIOnal White Mountain Forest Reserve IS the
purpose Of a measure recently introduced in the
Senate by Senator GaIIinger. According 10 the
terms OF the bill the reserve, is to consist of not
less than 1OOQOOO acres In the White Noun
tains. which is to be purchased by the federal
government and set apart for forest purpo-es.
and the Secretary Of Agriculture IS directed
take steps for the immediate reforestatioU 81
such portions OF the proposed tract may be
dcuuded OF timber
Apart from the important practical consider
tions which have led to the preparation and IT,
PRODUCTION Of this measure. the desirabity %:
taking steps to preserve from the ruthless hl.d
OF the wood chopper the magnificent f.. .'s
which lend to the White Mountains so mu. . #
their charm VIII appeal to every one who h.s
had the pleasure OF seeing them. and the heath
and recreation which they have afforded to
many thousands Of visitors viii operate to pave
the way for the passage of Senator Galnses's
bill
The aesthetic side OF the proposed reserv'.
while important in itself. has moreover. PR .-
teal end. as becomes obvious when IL Is refle ..
ed that visitors to the White Mountain resets
bring into the little State sum estimated 81
not less than SSOO0OOO annually. resource Of
no small importance to a State which is with
out large cities, and whose taxable property is
small by comparison with its area. Nor is New
Hampshire the sole beneficiary OF the tide 90
travel which each summer sets It's course for
the White Mountains. Every transportation
company in that part Of the country derives its
quota of profit and numerous points OF interest
in neghboring States visited by the weil-to-
do tourists who spend their money freely
throughout the New England States, and TO a
considerable extent I'm New-YOrk The prospect
therefore, which conrrOnts the people OF New
Hampshire of their beautiful range of moan
tains being denuded OF its valuable timber and
robbed of so large part of its natural beauty
IS appalling not only to them but TO people
throughout the country who regard that resion
as a haven Of rest and comfort during the heat
ed term.
The practical conditions which have led to the
serious consideration Of the forest problem in
New-Hampshire the wasteful processes whereby
the valuable timber Is being destroyed. with no
provision for its reproduction: the consequent
ammunition of the flow Of the rivers which find
their headwaters in the White Mountain range
and the disastrous results which must enSue
from further progress in this direction. are not
dissimilar from those existing in other States.
There are however some conditions peculiar 10
New-Hampshire. Probably in other Stale do
so many important rivers rise, nor rivers Oh
whose flow there depend so many extensive
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THE FIRST WAS THE LAST.

The late Frederic r Coudert. the lawyer and
Wit WAS a graduate OF the class Of 1850 of
Columbia An aged Columbia man the other
cay described, with a pensive smile, a skating
expedition that In his college days he had made
With Coudert-
81 noticed when we set out" he said, that
my friends skates were new. but 1 thought
nothing OF that 1 was under the impression
that he could skate admirably.
This impression though. was soon corrected
Coudert no sooner got bis skates on than his
legs few up and he came down on the ice hard
hurried to help him 10 his feet: but he wouldn't
get I'D; he sat where he had fallen. taking
his skates off
is this, old man. 1 said. your first expe-
rtence OF skating%
mo- he growled. unfastening the buckles
quickly, no. it's my last"
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STfTUES IN STANFORD MEMORIAL CHURCH,
They We're Too Large for Nihcs Which They To Placed
and So Stand in Front of Them.

Palo Alto. Cal. Jan. 81 (SpeciaD.-The visitor
TO Leland Stanford. Junior. University is not
likely to forget that the wonderful institution
which has been built up in so few years with
the Stanford millions is a memorial to the young
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ADVICE.

Don't throw away the ladder by which you
climbed; uGe it for kindling wood-CSmart Set
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udy, TWO hours u
gambling at most against five
hours on other days, is dead.
The railroad lines in every di-
rection are damned with passengers,
with horses. with servants. Few who
live within reasonable limits and upon
good roads, however, bother the trains
much. Of a Saturday afternoon every
great main road out Of New York is
dangerous TO traffic for the furry of
dust and the succession of goggle-eyed,
dark-veiled, nerve-tautened enthusiasts
tearing away out of town. 1t is moth
ing to run down to Philadelphia in
three hours or less-90 miles. Half
way are the new resorts, Bernardsville
and the Mendham Hills. They are
reached in an hour and a half, though
the good roads are hilly.
On Long Island just after a ferry
boat has drawn in at Hunters Point,
1t is rare sight--if one has no babies
living near-to see the procession of
huge machines tearing away in a cloud
of dust one after another for the open
country. Once In awhile a driver is
caught and fined. Ten dollars, pshaps.
1t is one of the chances he take4, like
bursted tire. Only if tire bursts on
big machine it costs $40 or $50 to re.
place.
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pines bill. It was one Of those points
which attract comparatively little at
tention and are settled as 1natter of
course by a straight party vote. When
the speaker put the question e mere
handful on the republican side voted
aye" A great volume of noes" pro-
ceeded from the democratic side. The
speaker looked quizzically over the
house. 1.-THE ayes seem to have il"
he said, slowly, repeating the usual
formula, although the other side
made the most noise" And sure
enough, the ayes" did have it, for no.
body cared to take the chance of chal-
longing the correctness of the speak,
er's announcement.
He makes no bones of consulting
Asher Kinds at the speakers desk con-
splcuously whenever knotty point of
parliamentary law is to be decided, and
he doesn't hesitate TO let the whole
house know that he follows that eff
cient clerks advice.
One day recently when he was long
er than usual in arriving at a decision.
members of the democratic side began
70 grow impatient and clamored loud
ly for ruling. The speaker was en-
gagged in earnest conversation with
Kinds. AS they shouted out: "Rule!
Rule!' he looked up with a smile.
"The chair is trying to find out how
he ought to rule" he remarked, bland
ly; and the whole house broke out in
applause.
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doing 1t by staying away from the
house. Visitors in the house galleries
ask for Tin Sullivan after satisfying
their curiosity about Mr.. Cannon and
Mr.. Williams Tim is never present.
Congress is dull after high, life at the
races or running the Dewey theater
Tim" Campbell was Of the true East
side type. He lived and died within a
stone throw OF Grand street, now the
Broadway of the new ghetto. Somehow
he failed to win CT to hold great wealth.
He was poor man when he died. He
could not even hold his place in con-
gress, where before the greater "Tim 81
brighter shining he was picturesque
figure.
Tim Campbell was the original he
70 Of the :'chowder" story. Thus it
runs:
Meeting Tim" at the summer out
ing of his political association one day
friend remarked: This is a great
nit, Tim. There must be at least HOO
people here"
ELEVEN hundred nuttin'!" said Tim
in disgust. "Dere's more'n a t'ousan'."
You can see that the story is old.
When an East side leader has sum-
mer outing now he transports and
feeds from 1000 to 10000 people.
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1tal' fashioned people
who used to come here ten or a dozen
years ago.
Even as late as the early nineties
Washington was in tone a southern
town. The old-fashioned buildings.
the dirty, but hospitable hotels, the air
of village quiet that prevailed, and
the general slow-going ways of the in
habitants were quite out of keeping
with northern notions; and The citizen
Of New York, or Boston, or Chicago,
who ventured down here saw himself
transported to.sa neighborhood where
Dixie" was the most popular song,
and where statesmen had pleasant
habit of sitting out under the trees. on
the sidewalk of summer evening ami
swapping yarns. 4 -. q u.
q Now all that is changed There is q
flash and brilliancy everywhere, which
is the sure reflection of wealth, or, at
any rate, of people who are careless
about spending money: The new hotels
are centers for dinner parties and
balls; and women gayly caparisoned
lend q tone of distinction, which is al
together new, and which would be more
fitting for the giddy life of a metropolis
than for the staid habits OF political
capital LOUIS a. COOLIDGE.
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partment Clerk
and yet in his quiet way, while work.
ing steadily along the line of his pre-
scribed duties, he has found out some
thing which will make all future gen.
erations his debtors.
If what is expected of his discoveries
materializes typhoid fever will soon be
thing of the past, and it is intimated
that cholera may also yield to the in
sidious attack which he is making.
BY a preparation of copper Mr.. Moore
can now cleanse any body of water of
the dreaded bacteria at an expense
which brings the method within the
reach of everybody. Water supply
plants which have cost millions to
build and which were about to be
abandoned on account of their unsani-
tary condition yield to his treatment
at a cost of few hundred dollars;
while every householder with a we'll
on his premises can insure it's health
fulness with but a trifle expense.
That is one of the many ways in
which the agricultural department is
proving it's usefulness to the gov
eminent. There is body of scientists
under Secretary Wilson who are con-
Quoting researches without any blare
of trumpets, the importance of which
cannot be overestimated.
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lac iAhce - d. tAe the n c ap-
Dali. peared in the news
was when he espoused the very beau
tiful daughter of Hazard, the "Shrews-
bury catsup' man. For love of the
lady, it is said, he had resolved to give
up his princely rank, settle down as an
American citizen and earn his living
by his profession.
Boni de Castellane with his unpaid
for pictures, Auersperg with his butch
er bill, COlOnna with a vast and vari-
Gus miscellany of .debts-the annals of
international rOmances" are full of
cases where even the deepest paternal
pockets are not deep enough to meet
the needs of noble" sons-in-law.
The Princess Auersperg is fortunate.
however, in that her husband does not
return to Austria. In the court of that
empire she would have no standing.
Her wifehood would be quite regular
not to be compared with the curious
relation of "morganatic marriages."
but she could not attend court func-
tons where her husbands duty as we'll
as privilege would call him. She could
stay at home while he frisked with his
kind at functions which she was not
"high-well-born' enough to attend.
The wife of an English nobleman
goes where he goes. The wife of q
French nobleman does as she pleases
rank~not being supposed to have much
meaning in a republic although il
does. But anywhere east of France
the American girl who marries into 8
titled family does not herself become
either titled or entitled to shine al
court. Her position is about as strange
! as it would be- possible to, conceive fol-
girl with an American bringing up.
OWEN LANGDON.
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when rents are leaping to a
height never known before and
the consequent suffering is great.
Twice in a year rentals upon East side
tenements have been advanced 20 per
cent. Before the first advance they
were already extremely high, paying
better profits than more slightly apart
ment houses uptown pay from the rent
money of the well-to-do. Now the
rates are indecent, abominable.
There are many reasons. The homes
of crowded thousands were swept away
to make room for bridge approaches.
Others have been dispossessed for small
parks, for schools, for the inevitable
change of downtown districts into bust
ness quarters. Manhattan, fixed be-
tween her great rivers, cannot grow.
The process of tearing down three
story and putting up seven-story tene-
ments, up whose painful stairs child
dren and feeble, ill-nourished women
must toll many times day, often in
binding heat. has been checked by
building trade strikes
Greatest of all causes, however, is
the continued influx of immigrants.
Five thousand came in day not long
ago. The Cunard company in a much
criticized contract with the Hungarian
government has arranged to run a line
of new ships, bought unfinished upon
the stocks for the purpose, between
Fiume, the seaport of Hungary, and
New York. These new ships are enor-
nous in size, designed for steerage pas
sage mainly. People keep on pouring
in, and unlike the earlier immigrants
they do not disperse about the country,
but gather at the gates. Hence the
amazing emigration within the city It,
self of 10000 people from old New
York into Brooklyn within three
months.
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O1d enough 10 Rellre irterestino etato-
ments which the committee extracted.
came from Secretary Moody, who had
something to say about the way in
which the departments are loaded up
with clerks who are accounted ineffi-
clent, either from approximation or
from other causes Secretary Moody
believes it is his duty to follow out the
provisions of the law requiring that
those who for any reason cease to be
OF service to the government should be
discharged. 1T is 4 difficult thing to
do, an ungracious thing to do he told
the committee, but l do not think
have right to crafty my own feel
lngs at the expense of the treasury. 1t
might be cOmmendable if I continued
to pay the salary of a clerk who was
inefficient out of my own pocket. but I
cannot reason that am entitled to any
credit as a charitable person, if pay
an inefficient clerk out of the public
treasury. So it has been that that pro-
vision has been enforced in the navy
department. Since May /, 1902, whica
is the date of my taking Office, thero
have been 60 discharges on account of
incapacity."
There was one ease of which he told
the committee which had happened that
very morning. A clerk had been re-
duced from 81 800 to $72O. He was a
veteran; his house was mortgaged;
that was all be had in the world in tina
way of property, and he had wife to
support; he had become almost totally
blind, but the blindness was not such
as to give hin Il pensionable status; he
had been 80 years in the department;
his service had been efficient and hon.
orable during that time, and he had
steadily gone down as his disability
grew upon hira from 81 800 to $3.50. His
chief clerk, in reporting on him, said:
1T is frankly admitted that his USE
fulness as clerk has practically
ceased, but III view of his record o.
service to the government, civil and
military, I think it would not only be
uncharitable, but heartless, and little
short OF criminal to now cast him away
helpless and hopeless
The Mecca of Tourists.
Washington is becoming more and
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1ne RAISING OF Sen the beginning CT
"'o' o'e"af'. the Nevada sena-
tors political activities in Washing
ton. He was first elected to the United
States senate in 1864, and took his seat
on February l, 1865. OF men who were
in the senate at that time not one is
now in public life except Stewart
With two other exceptions, John B.
Henderson, of Missouri, and William
Sprague, of Rhode Island, all of them
are dead. Among his colleagues then
were Henry B. Anthony, Zachariah
Chandler, Collamer and Foot, of Ver-
mont; John P. Hale, of New Hamp-
shire; Thomas Hendricks, of Indiana;
Sumner and Wilson, of Massachusetts,;
Ben Wade and John Sherman, OF
Ohio; Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois. He
has seen Oliver P. Norton James C.
Blaine, Roscoe Conkling, Bayard. Buck
ingham, Thurman, Carpenter, ingalls,,
Plumb, and many other historic char
acters, come and go in the north wing
of the capitol. William B. Allison is
the only man in congress who was
was then young member of the
house, serving his first term as rep
resentatiye. Stewart stayed here for
ten years, and then retired in 1875, to
emerge again as senator in 1887, SO
that his second term of service by it.
self would entitle him to a place among
the venerable men in the senate
During his career here Stewart has
run the line of all parties without en-
dangering his hold on his seat. He be-
gan as republican, then he developed
into populist and silver republican,
came to be classed for little while
as a democrat, and finally was re-
stored to full standing in the party
with which he entered upon his public
career. In all that time he has been
loyal to one faith-the cause of free
coinage of silver.
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Englismen who are welded to their
cup of tea are rejoicing in the inven-
tion of an automatic teapot An alarm
clock is connected with spirit lamp
and a kettle. When the alarm goes
off it releases shutter which covers
the spirit lamp, and as it flies back
the shutter strikes match, which
lights the lamp, and thus heats the
water in the. kettle. AS soon as this
water boils an arrangement of wires
causes the kettle to tilt and pour it's
contents into the pot set ready to re-
ceive it.
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What is said to be the largest pho
tographic print ever made is to be ex.
hibited at the St. Louis exposition, and
another copy has also been shown at
a fair in Dresden. Germany. The
print, which measures about 40 by 5
feet, represents the Bay of Naples, and
is panoramic enlargement OF six
separate negatives, each about eight
by eleven inches. The huge print was
handled during the development and
fixing processes by the aid of great
wheel IL feet In diameter, and three
tanks, ono Of which was so feet
long.
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According to the latest census,
China has population of SAT- 900.
Thus the Chinese empire contains
more than quarter of the inhabitants
Of the globe, being approached in this
respect only by the British empire,
which has a population of 800 COO, 900,
which includes over PSI 100000 in In.
dia. Russia comes next, with a popr.
]ation of 129,000,000; then the United
States and her dependencies, with 49,.
100000; then France and her colonies,
with 65,O0O,O00, and then Germany and
her colonies, with 62,OOO0OO.