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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27
A CHANCE FOR AGRIcULTUR1sTs.

%HE already very efficient department of agricu-
ture at the University of California has naugu-
rated an innovation in the conduct of its university
extension courses. which must be productive of ines
mabe benefit the agricutusts OF the State who rely
so strongly upon the counsel that to them from
the experts at Berkeley To the work being done
by the State experiment station the bay and by
the extension conducted under the auspices OF
the university there has been added department for the
preparation and dissemination of reading upon
technical subjects of agricultural science.
The details of this departure the part of the
agriculture authorities announced in recent bulletin
these: Those whose circumstances prevent attend
ance upon the regular courses agriculture the uni
versy have only communicate with the director OF
the university extension in agriculture at Berkeley and
by him be enrolled in reading in one or more
of the subjects offered To this scholar in abentia there
will be forwarded of bulletins dealing progressively
with the subject hand and calculated to impart as
perfect knowledge of the science could be obtained
without the aid of laboratory practice. To supplement
this training circulating library of reference books is
open him and constant communication with the in
Berkeley upon knotty problems in the study
is always his privilege Should the student upon the
successful completion c his course desire entrance to
the university he will be given advanced standing in the
science in question.
BY this brief outline of the scheme adopted by
the agriculture department of the State University it
may be that for every fruit raiser grain and
stock breeder in the State there lie added facilities
for the perfection of method and achievement of prime
results in their endeavor. Already the scientists from
Berkeley who travel the length of California in pur
suance of the farmers institute work have into
close alliance with those who put their theories into
cessul practice Cooperative experiments conducted by
the farmers and the university professors in conjunction
serve to bring theory and practice into closer inter
dependence This last innovation opens to the agri-
culturists of the State the opportunity to make the in
fuence of the trained specialists the university fac
tor in the balance of a successful tling of the soil
wherever the mails carry.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27
4 Gentleman.

IT was at one of the summer resorts
not over 100 miles from this city tnat
an assemblage of San Francisco
Young people were recently enjoying
themselves. 1t was on Sunday
afternoon shortly after the arrival OF
the morning train which brousht
with II quite a lot of young bloods
from the city, They had wealth ana
education, and had come to display
the former at least before their young
lady acquaintances. Just beneath
bunch of honeysuckles and other
creeping vines on the plaza party
of them, lolling in chairs, exchanged
Jokes and repartee of the latest com
age. The few vacant chairs that re-
mained were used by some OF the
young gentlemen who gracefully
stretched their limbs upon them
showing thereby the latest designs IN
footwear.
While this was going on an elderly
lady with white hair and sweet race
strolled down on the piazza in search
of a quiet place where she could read
book. She looked about but there
was no seat. She evidently expected
that one of the many young gentle
men would be gallant enough to pass
her one of the seats they used for
footrests. But none offered. Just
then a hired man, carrying a coaloil
can, into which he was stuffing waste
paper and other refuse strewn about
the walks, passed by. He set the
coaloil can down, walked into the
dining-room and returned with chair
which he politely set down for the
old lady.
She most graciOusly thanked him.
'I am glad to meet gentleman" said
she. The young bloods sniggered but
said not word. The young ladies
blushed and also remained STILL All
felt the sting hurled at them.
Next morning when the stage ar
rived to convey such as wished to
return to the city, the old lady was
waiting with her trunk on the porch.
She stepped out from among the rest
and inquired for Tom, the hired man.
He came, and removing his hat stood
before her. She handed him an en-
velope and thanked him for his kind
ness and exhibition of good breeding
on the previous day. When Tom
stepped to one side and opened the
envelope he found two twenty and
one ten-dollar notes with this line on
note paper; Though only a servant,
yet a gentleman"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27
The Road to Yesterday.

Oh, the nursery is lonely, and the gar
denis full of rain.
And there's nobody at all who wants
to play,
But 1 think if 1 should run with all
my might and main
l could leave this dreary country of
To-day.
For it can't be far to cross it, since
came myself last night
When / went to sleep they brought me
all the way
And Tomorrow very near, they say it's
almost in our sight.
So l soon could come again to Yester-
day.
Over there my boat is sailing, all alone
upon the pond
1 must hurry back before she blows
astray;
And arbutus flowers are trailing in the
pleasant fields beyond
With the other little. lovely flowers of
May
And the trees are white with blossoms,
and the air is bright with song,
And the children all are happy there
and gay
Oh 1 want to go to find them now, and
you may come along,
If you'll show me, please, the road to
Yesterday.
Caroline Mccormick, in Harper's Mag
azine for July.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27
MEN analMAa1EERS IN
THE EGaRNsZ lie WORLD
MOVES

learned of the misfortunes that had be-
fallen her family since 1t came into
her possession. He urged her to get
rid of it at once and, convinced at last
that the thing was a terrible ''hoodoo," "
she agreed. A carrier was found to
transport it to the British Museum.
He died within a week and the man
who assisted him in removing it to the
museum buildings met with a serious
accident
Now, apparently, the misfortunes
which have heretofore attended the
possession of the mummy-case have
ceased. The learned gentlemen who
preside over the room in which il rests
have not been troubled by its presence.
1t may be that. finding herself among
queens and princesses and dignitarles
of equal rank, with a card setting
forth her various claims to distinction,
the Priestess of Amen Ra no longer
makes use of the malign powers which
she possesses.
1T is certain" writes Mr. Robinson,
that the Egyptians had powers which
we in the twentieth century may laugh
at, yet can never understand. There
is, for instance, a recorded case of an
explorer who carried off a coffin on
which was engraved the threat that If
the man therein buried was disturbed
by any thief of the graves, the body of
that thief would be scattered in his
death. The explorer laughed, for he
was not, he was pleased to say, of a
superstitious nature; yet soon after
ward he was torn to pieces by an ele-
phant when shooting"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27

him that the shell he considers dis
tinctIy possible" and hopefully ven
lures to explore. is already occupied by
a near but coldly unsympathetic rsla-
tive.
Finding no empty shell Of suitable
size, the hermit may be driven to ask
a brother hermit to vacate in his favor
The proposition is spurned Indignantly
and a fight ensues. The battle Is to
the stronger. Often the attacking party
has considerable trouble in cleaning out
the shell. having TO pick his adversary
out in bits. A periw1nkle or whelk
may be attacked in a like manner by
hermit who is hard pressed and has
taken a fancy to that particular she'll
If the householder be feeble the con-
Quest is easy. If lusty. he holds the
fort.
At last the search is over. The shell
is cleaned and ready.
''Yes, this will do. But how my back
does achel I mustn't delay a minute.
Is anybody looking? Here goes. then;
and may 1 never have to move again!
In the twinkling of an eye the caudal
hooks let go their hold deep in the spiral
Of the old shell and have safely anchor
ed the weak and f1accid body to the
inner convolutions Of the new one.
1t is all over: an empty shell lies on
the sand and a larger one is near it
with a sleepy-lOOking hermit crab IN
it. Poke him, and he leans languidly
out over his pearly balcony as II to
say, IF this deadly monotony is not
broken soon I shall diel"
But, behind this society mask" the
cramped muscles are stretching out and
adjusting themselves in absolute con-
tentment to the roomy spaces offered
them.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27
BoryoqVed PlrtmeS.

The most disconsolate fellow that
walks the beach is the hermit crab
whose shell has become too snug for
comfort. says Country Life in America.
If it were his own, as the CLAIMS is, it
would grow with his growth and al
ways be a perfect fit, but to the hermit
there comes often moving day"
when a new house must be sought.
Discouraging work it is, too. Most of
the doors at which he knocks are slam
med in his face. A tweak from larger
pineer than his own will often satisfy
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27

young forger sentenced by the United States
District Court the other day imprisonment until he
shall have paid fine of FIVE hundred dollars levied
upon his unworthy self by the trial Judge. This un-
comfortably indefinite future durance vile as 1t
surely should have dcterrng influence upon other
young spirits not commit crime. By forcing criminals
to begin of dishonesty cash basis we will
probably diminish the supply Of the eviI-minded.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27

young lady, inspired by arcadian simplicity, accepted
the other day the hospitality of she had met
before and probably will again Her trusting
Confidence led her to drinking resort where she was
robbed She has braved notoriey seek redress and
in doing has performed a public service She has
given the young of San Francisco splendid
object lesson of everything they should be or do
She even may profit by her experience.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27
AnSzUers to Queries.

STEVENSON MONUMENT-E. A.
B., City. The inscription on the Robert
Louis Stevenson monument in Ports
mouth Square, San Francisco, COM
mencing, ITO be honest, to be kind"
ia from the works of the writer in
whose memory the monument was
erected.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27

The Supreme Court has decided that may
be sold liquor in saloon in San Diego the broad
and thoroughly intelligent ground that saloonkeeper
may not legally dispense intoxcants persons of bad
character in the 1t hardly necessary how
ever receive the support of the dgnhed tribunal
in the State to declare that any who seeks a
drink in saloon by that very seeking bad char
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27

COLUMBIA-Subscriber. Alameda.
Cal. This department Is unaware of
the existence of a Columbia building
in San Francisco except the one in
which is the Columbia Theater, on
Powell street, near Market. There is
a prominent building known as the
Columbian at 916 Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27
cARINET oFFIcERs-E. F.. a

CABINET OFFIcERs-E. F., City.
Among the members of the Cabinet OF
President Hayes were John Sherman.
Secretary of the Treasury; William NJ
Evarts, Secretary OF State. and Carl
Schurz. Secretary of the Interior. who
were the three who figured most PROM
inently IN the history Of the country.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27

WHITE SPOTS-A. r.. City. White
spots on the nails come and go and
there is no outward application that
will remove such. Some people who
believe in superstitions are Of the opin-
ion that a white spot appears for every
lie told II that be true. the way to
prevent white spots appearing on the
finger nails Is to stick to the truth.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27
sEvEN-THIRTIE,

Cal. Seven-thirties are treasury notes
Of the United States bearing interest
at the rate of 7.30 per annum. They
were first authorized in order to meet
the expenses of the Civil War by the
act of July, 1851. The total amount
issued before the war was concluded
was $3.50. 900. 900.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men By the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 230 Cal-
tfornta street Telephone Main 1042.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27

goods experience the real acute conditions
which occur the East regular intervals. Dull we
may be for time, but stagnant probably never.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-27

Townssnd's California G1ace fruits In
artistic hre-etched boxes. IT'S Market ss.~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-11

the sen the southern half of Persia can for
a time be kept under BFHdsh influence. The
position and character Of Beloochistan
main Turkesfan. Af&hahistan and Thibet.
all of which have been and still are actual
fields for Russia's secret activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-11

In 1893 and six times as great as in 1870
The only article about which We need Sc
rously inquire as to rivalry of production
is wheat The United States produced only
L. per cent of the worlds wheat crop in
1870 and % per cent of the worlds wheat
crop in 1902. The increase in the produc
ton of wheat In the United States during
the, decade ending with 1901 was actually
greater than the increase shown by Russia.
India, Argentina. Australia and Canada
combined during that same period
Europe which is by far the largest con-
sumner of foreign goods. imports about
s., zoe COZ worth of merchandise annually.
and of this we supply about 10 per cent;
Africa. about $500, e5S,0a0 worth. of which
we supply about g FER cent; South Amer
ica nearly $500 50 900 worth, of which we
supply about II. per cent while the coun-
tries of North American othef tlIan the
United States, import about 81 o 0oo coo
worth. of which. by reason OF our proximity
and facilities for direct transportation to
those countries, we supply about 40 per
cent. Hs ls.-tJt,-a 90
ITO every other part of the world, except
South America Asia and Oeeania, our eX-
ports far exceed our imports, but to thosa
divisions we SELL as Eshave already indi-
Gated. much less than We buy from them.
Our ambition. then, should be. 1T seems to
me- to so cultivate those markets-whose
importations are nearly S260a, tS0.C20 every
year-that We may obtain our proper share
of those markets and make sour- sales TO
them an offset to our purchases or their
products. Two great factors are essential
to this resuft-direet steamship lines and
an isthmian canal =" ---------~--'---------
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WALKED cooLLY OUT OF JAIL.
Escape Of a Prisoner al
Springfield, Mass.

A dispatch from Springfield, Mass, yes
terday says: William J. Reid. alias L. o.
Hoffman. who is charged with swindling
thirty-two hotels of about $4,000. from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. in 1902. and now I'M
der sentences aggregating ten years for
these offenses, broke Jail here today under
remarkable circumstances. and is still at
large.
To accomplish his escape he unlocked nine
doors and sawed through three chains, Wis
tied six different rooms of the county jail.
passed in front of several guards. and final
ly climbed an eighteen-foot wall. All this
was done about o'clock this morning, yet
he was not missed until o'clock. He was
supposedly too weak to move without the
use OF crutcb, had been practically bed
ridden for three months. and so far as the
prison officers lknow. had eaten nothing bit
beef broth in all that time. Sheriff e. p.
Clark tonight made a thorough fnyestiga-
ton, but he finds that many OF the details
of the escape are still unexplained.
Reid was arrested in San Francisco I'M
der sensational circumstances in June. 1902.
and after legal battle was brought to
Springfield. He was sentenced to four years
and six months in tho county jail for
swipdling hotels here. and sentenced In Bos-
ton TO five years In prison for swindling In
Boston hotels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-11

In any case. If England does not resolve
on bold and mighty policy OF this sort,
she will undoubtedly lose India. In view of
these facts and forecasts. the treaty she
now has with Japan may prove of great
value to her. IL she nerves herself at this
Russo-Japanese crisis to strike hard in
favor of Japan. Indeed the welfare of the
world may depend upon it. There is good
reason for stating that Englands course In
Africa has been guided largely by con-
sideration of the contingencies which
threaten her East Indian dominions.. The
late Boer war was forced on her by the
attitude of the sTransvaa1 and the Orange
River Free State. They stood morally and
geographically across the path of progress
essential to the existence of the British
empire. II they had co-operated instead of
opposing. affairs would have turned out
differently and better for all concerned
Africa Is essential to balance the not i'm
probable loss of the East Indies. With
railways reaching from the Cape to Alex
andria. and the vast crops of grain and cot
ton Of the table lands OF central Africa. be-
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u
DowIE AT SAN ANTONIO.
Zionist Leader Says Southern People
Are Not Up to Date.

A dispatch from San Antonio, TEX, last
night says: = -e"-- -sse. yessfr=t
John Alexander Dowie elijah the Re
storer) and his six deacons leave tomorrow
for San Francisco on his trip to Australia.
He attended the opening of hotel at
nearby resort this morning and entered
his protest againststhe lavish silver service
and the stuffed pig on the menu
This afternoon he addressed about 800
people in Ioc4l auditorium =. He wanted
to make himself clear on the race ques-
ton. He said the Angio-Saxon race is
superior to the negro race. but that there
was a time when the black brother was
superior to the white. and the white man
should be just to the negro and endeavor
to lift him up. Whatever the difference
in race might he on EARTH the white man
and black man were brothers before God
Dowie found fault with the southern peo-
pie. in that they were too sleepy and SLOW
not I'D to date and he r.dicuied the SLOW
time by the railroad whose guest he has
been during tne past several days HIS only
reference to the prospective establishment
of Zion city and plantation on the Texas
coast was contained in the statement that
he might al some near date become d
neighbor of the people Of San Antonio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-11
UNIoNIsT PARTY DISRUPTED.
Acrimonious Controversy Between
Chamberlain and Duke of Devonshixe

ClamC eT1a1n anu LUKE VI OSSoASA~~
a dispatch from London yesterday says
An acrimonious correspondence between
the Duke of Devonshire and Joseph Cham-
berlain is published this morning
TIE duke, who is president Of the L.bsrai-
Unionist Association. formed at TIE time
the liberal party split on the home ruie
question, wrote to Mr. Chamberlain sue-
costing that the association should dissolve
owing to the difficulty of locating the funds
now that the party had become DIVIDED py
the fiscal controversy. Mr. Chamberlain
In a long rejoinder said he thought it best
to "let sleeping dogs lie.' but That III 'he
Duke of Devonshire wanted 10 make fiscal
test question he tad "best take vote OK
the members of the association and let the
defeated party retire"
The duke replied. objecting to such vio-
lent disruption of the association, ard ask
ing for a friendly discussion OF the ar
rangements for dissolution. Mr.. Chamber
lain closes the correspondents by announc-
ing that as the duke VII not accept MS
views, he Is determined to G all meeting On
his own respons bslity, and that the course
to be pursued viii be decided at this meet
ing.
The correspondence between the Duke OF
Devonshre and Mr.. Chamberlain Is consid-
cred as completing the disruption OF the
unionist party. Mr.. Chamberlain viii call
a meeting OF the Liberal Unionist Assoc
citation socn after the reasse milling OF par
lament, which II is expec ed viii result In
the resignation of the Duke of Devcnshire
and the election to the presidency of the a.
ISOLATION Of either Mr.. Chamberlain OF Lore
Lansdowne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-11

labor under misapprehension as to their
old and new citizenship rights and response,
bilit.es. They return to Switzerland with
naturalization papers or passports only to
find themselves Swiss citizens again. The
consul adds that in Switzerland a person
never loses his citizenship. no matter how
long he may absent himself. unless he goes
through certain necessary formaiities. II
he returns and owes a military tax he Is
compelled to pay the same In spite of the
fact that he Is an American citizen. The
only way TO be released from old RESPONSE
bil.ties Is by making a written request to
his home community for such release sub
hitting proof at the same time that he has
acquired American citizenship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-11
BETTER GET PASSPORTS.
Consul Lieberknecht's Advice to Those
Going to Switzerland.

United States Consul Lieherknecht at Zu-
rich. Switzerland. calls the attention of
students and others intending to remain for
any length OF time in Switzerland to the
necessity OF proYid ng themselves with
passports Many naturalzed American ettI-
Eens. who were formerly Swiss citizens.
The evening world., 1904-04-22
HORSE RUNS AWAY :
ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE
So Suddenly by a
Closed Gate that the Driver
and His Fare Were Hurled
to the Roadway.

Frank Rogers, of No. tS2 West For
tieth street, was driving . Victoria
across the bridge to-day when the
reins caught under one of h shafts.
The horse took fright and began to
run toward Brooklyn.
Rogers tried to recover control OF
the horse. put could not. There were a
number of trolley cars on the south
side OF the bridge at the time. and the
runaway narrowly missed coliding
with them
within 300 feet OF the Brooklyn end
Policeman Gardner saw the horse, and
ran for tho gate. which is used for such
emergencies. He closed It just in time.
The horse crashed full tit into the
gate and was pinned under It The VIC
tor1a was upset. and Rogers, the driver,
and his fare, William Smith. of No. +5
West Sixty-seventh street, were heavily
thrown ON the board roadway. They
were badly bruised and u about the
legs and suffered considerably from the
shock Of the accident.
Ambulance Surgeon Adams, OF tho
Brooklyn Hospital, came n dressed
their injuries. The horss was untan-
gled. the victoria righted, and Rogers
drove Smith back TO Manhattan.
The evening world., 1904-04-22
President Of Alaska Exploration
\ Company Is Charged with
Grand Larceny in Connection
with Purchase of Mines.
" CUSTODY IN CHICAGO;
WILL BE BROUGHT HERE.
Well Known Mining Man Is Pre-
pairing to Fight Extradltlon
Proceedings - His Counsel
Says There Is Nothing in 1t.

Capt. John ]. Healy, the former Presi-
lent of the Central Alaskan Exploration
Company. who has had an adventurous
career as a soldier, a scout, an ex-
Biorcr and q seaman. has been arrested
in Chicago at the request OF the pohcs
OF this city. Healy was indicted here
on March % last for grand larceny. the
complainant against him being Samuel
f. Adair. who represents tho company
in this city.
The charge against Capt. Healy. who
Is reputed to he a millionaire. Is thai
on Sept. 26, 1902. the Board OF Directors
or the Central Alaskan Exploration
Company passed a resolution authoriz-
ing the withdrawal OF {, 2Ss.17 OF tina
company's funds from the Seventh Ma
tional Bank OF New York to be depos-
ated in a bank at Seattle. President
Healy. 1t is alleged. drew out this
money. but deposited 1t to his own
credit. The matter went undiscovered
for some time, it Is alleged. When MI.
Healy declined to refund tho money.
said Assistant District-Attorney Smyth
to-day, 1t was decided to take criminal