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The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
wireless Message Gone Estray.

Skeptics relative TO the practicable
ity Of wireless telegraphy were gloat-
ing recently with an IT told you ex-
preston on their faces over the going
astray OF a message sent from the
steamship Bermudian- The vessel
was $50 miles south of the Highland
of Navesink when a, message addressed
to the New York office of the company
was sent out in the hope that some
passing vessel might pick it up. Later
the message came in the mail from
Cleveland, Ohio. 1t was complete In
every way. but neither the. Highland
station nor the wireless towers at Hen
lopen or Hatteras knew anything of it.
nor was it heard by any passing ship.
The operator at Cleveland says that
he took the message in the regular
order OF business and that each dot
and dash was as perfect as il it had
been sent only few miles away. The
distance between the Bermudian at sea
and the Cleveland station. Is over SEQ
miles.-Philadelphi Ledger.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
Anv Name satisfied Him.

The average office boy who enters
the employ of a daily newspaper is
promptly christened with a name The
name is usually the first one that pops
into the head of the first man who sees
him.
A short time ago a scarlet haired
youngster went to work in a local
newspaper office. Brick was the first
nickname that the little fellow re-
ceiyed, Another employe of the paper
thought just plain Red" would be bet
ter. Rusty" came into use later, and
then Scarlet" A new man on the
force thought "Vermilion" would be a
good name. but this fell into disuse on
account of its length. .'Pinkey" came
into use later. and then the discovery
was made that the youth carried a
middle name, which was Michael.
Mike and Mickey then came into
use, as did "Speck,' in Difference to
the boys freckles. Finally the horse
editor thought "Sorrel'' a proper name
for the boy, and later he was dubbed
Sandy" He now answers any name
that has either a cardinal or a freckled
turn TO it, and appears satisfied with
any of them.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
PELICAN FLAPS
FESTIVE WINGS
Humorous Periodical of Uni
versity aMkes Its Last
Appearance of the Year
COLLEGE WIT PRODUCED
Cartoonists and Rhymesters
Make Merry With .Gradu-
alton and Other Themes

BERKELEY, May 14.-Designed as
sauce piquant to accompany the more
serious doings of commencement. the
last Pelican of the college year made
its appearance to-day.
The one serious thing In the Pelican
is vigorous editorial bearing upon the
sensation which was created when 1t
became known that nearry 100 seniors,
including dozen OF the most promi-
nent men in the class had been so busy
with other things during the term that
they had failed to qualify In the ex-
aminations for diplomas.
Mr.. Auerbach, the dignified attend
ant in the "Co-op." store, is made IA
nous by portrait, natural as life.
depicting him on the end of big bar
rel, while overhead is caption Our
Book"
A specimen bit of wit is the follow
ing:
arral the Monday after the track meet the
gentlemen admit that California surpasses in
must stiil Be suffering from sickness. '
Some of the features of co-education
receive attention from bardling in
these lines:
They were seated in a hammock
On q balmy night in June,
he the w0Fa sadsase wfaPi VI 9b. in sr
He freshman, shy and bashful;
She a senior, coy but wise;
He too green to note the sparkle
Lying deep within her eyes.
Timidly his arm he circled
Round her waist, so tempting near
Stop, you must" she softly murmured,
And he drew it back in fear.
Then with quick concern she noted
All his weak and faltering air,
So to cheer him she added.
sStOp-VOu al
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
Work. to Commence To-Day
on Library Given by Mrs.
Stanford to University
BROTHER TO OFFICIATE
Letter Written by PhiIan-
thropist Shortly Before
Her Death Is to Be Read
Special Dispatch to The Cam

STANFORD UNIVERSITY May IA.
Tomorrow morning the faculty and
students Of the university will lay the
cornerstone OF the new library build
ing, the private gift of Mrs. Stanford
to the university from her own in
come. Charles G. Lathrop. treasurer
of the university and brother of the
late founder, will, according to the
wish Of Mrs. Stanford, lay the square
slab. Alexander Sheriffs, the winner
of the Carnot medal this year, will
read letter which Mrs. Stanford
wrote for the occasion shortly before
her death. 1t is said to contain much
information of interest to the students
of the universities of the coast.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
HOW GARFIELD
WAS DECEIVED
Special Dispatch to The Call.

s. OMAHA, Neb.. May 14.-In a state
ment to local newspaper to-day a
confidential man in one of the South
Omaha packing houses discloses the
secret of the packers system of book
keeping, explaining how Commissioner
Garfield was '.fooied''by juggIed figures
into the belief that the profit on beef
steer did not exceed SO cents. At the
outset the statement is made that al
though an expert accountant could find
no flaw in the system of bookkeeping
the figures are juggled so as to hide the
profits, which are really enormous, and
that, when a man knows the key to the
system, he can easily tell where the
packers are making profit Of from s.
to $3 per carcass"
Comparative tables are given showing
debit and credit accounts on a bunch
OF seventy-one cattle actually sold in
South Omaha on Friday. The first ta-
BILE shows the figures as they appear
on the packers books and in the sec
ond table the figures are revised to
show the actual values.
The differences appear in the charge
for labor, which is declared TO be 70
cents per carcass, instead of 81 20, as
charged on the books, and in credits
for the by-products. According to the
packers figures the offal is credited at
So cents per carcass. whereas "one beef
liver alone Is worth more than the en-
tire credit allowed for all the offal-"
Hides are credited at s4, which on Sat
urday's market were worth S11 per
hundred, and butter fat and tallow are
really worth nearly 81 per carcass more
than credited.
The figures, as corrected, show the
net dressed cost per hundred pounds to
be IS so in place of 81 81 per hundred
pounds, as 1t appears on the packers
charge sheets, and instead of a profit
of 9S cents, as it appeared to Garfield,
there is an actual profit on each car
cass Of almost sS.
CHICAGO, May 14.-Following the
present investigation of the packing
industries by the Federal Grand Jury,
according to the Chicago Chronicle.
steps will be taken by the Federal au-
thorities to make an investigation OF
the drug and steel industries. with
view of determining whether or. not
the large firms controlling the bulk
of these industries are not violating
the antitrust laws.
The secret service men. 1t is said,
are now at work securing evidence to
be used in connection with the in
ouiries. and It is asserted that AttOr-
ney General Moody has practically
outlined the course which the ON
cial in charge of the prosecution shall
pursue.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
Problem Of Courtship.

When does courtship begin? AT the
moment when a man first meets his
affinity? At the time when he realizes
that the only girl In the world" Is his
affinity? Or at the time when he de-
termines to let her guess his views on
the subject?
This delicate question was raised IN
the English probate and divorce court.
The president Sir Francis Jeune, was
compelled to admit that the solution
was beyond him.
The point was raised in this way: A
young man named George Whitehead
was asking the court to declare that
the Scotch marriage between his par
ents was valid.
His mother, Mrs. Whitehead, was
called as a witness In support OF his
case, and gave evidence about her
courtship, which began, she said. in
the gardens that flank Princes street
in Edinburgh.
How long had your husband teen
courting you when he proposed to
you?" asked counsel
Mrs. Whitehead hesitated. finding the
query hard to answer. and the presi-
dent come to her rescue.
Can any one say that?" he re-
marked. Il doubt IL a man knows HIM
self when he first begins to court a
girl. l."-Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
DoINGs IN OAKLAND CHURCHES

OAKLAND. May 1.-THE members
OF the First Presbyterian Church gath
cred last night at the church parlors
10 do honor TO their pastor, Rev. E..
f. Baker. who is on the eve of de-
parture to the General Assembly Of
the Presbyterian Church, which meets
in Chicago.
The second Of the open-air meetings
in City Hall Park was held this after
noon at O'Clock. The gathering was
addressed by Rev. z. r. Ollie of the
First Methodist Church.
At the First Christian Church this
morning the congregation listened
with interest to an address by Hon.
oliver w. Gold Water) Stewart OF
Chicago. Mr.. Stewart also spoke in
the evening at the First Methodist
Church on saloon Suppression"
Elder Miles Grant of Boston preach
ed at the Advent Christian Church
this morning. He Is IS years old. and
for forty years has eaten no fish, flesh,
fowl, salt or leavened bread.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
Gorgeous stan Officers.

About this time it Is the privilege OF
every newly elected Governor of a
State to take unto himself a staff.
From five to thirty or forty civilians,
usually middle aged. frequently of most
unsoldierly proportions, are picked out
to be colonies, staff captains and some
times brigadier generals. In Rhode
Island a couple of years ago we recall
some agitation over the great cost to
the State of it's outfit of colonies. In
Georgia, more recently the complaint
came from the other side. The col
onels themselves published lists of the
various uniforms and trappings they
had to buy at their own expense, and
showed that, great as the honor was,
a position on the Governors staff was
about as expensive luxury as the
State afforded. The decision of Cover
nor Deneen of Illinois to have none of
them is in itself victory OF common
sense over martial flummery. New
York Evening Post
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
PAINTERS ENJOY
DAYS OUTING
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL. May 1.-THE fifth
annual picnic of the District Council
of Painters Of San Francisco. Oakland
and vicinity was held at Schuetzen
Park to-day. Fully $500 persons were
in attendance and they enjoyed every
minute of glorious day.
Notwithstanding the warm weather,
the pavilion was thronged with dancers
and every race had many entries. The
football dribbling contest was a novel
feature of the day and afforded much
amusement.
Much of the credit for the success Of
the picnic Is due to the following COM
mittee of arrangements: G. M. Haybl
chairman: A. F. Imperial G. Philbrici.
w. Falvey, w. Mosher, Robert Mas
ters, E. Rogers, w J. * Robinson and
w. E. Scully.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
wasps Preserve Fresh Meat.

That remarkably self sufficient in
sect, the huntress wasp, knew how to
preserve fresh meat for the use OF her
children long before man invented his
canning processes. In the May num-
ber of Harper's Magazine DR.. Henry c..
McCook tells the wonderful story of
THE Huntress Wasps," who capture
spiders, administer to them an anes-
thetic sting that leaves them alive but
unconscious for a period of about two
weeks, and then scans" them In the
tubular cell where she deposits her
egg. The preserved spider lives just
long enough to furnish fresh meat to
the young wasps. These mother wasps
are not only skilled in the arts and sci
ences, but are most valiant hunters.
Even the dreaded tarantula succumbs
In fear to wasp of large and hand
some species known as tarantula-k kill
ars.-Baltinfore American.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15

AS there is a law against burying in
the City of Albany, the bishop had to
have special act Of Legislature to be
buried in the Cathedral. He was sue
cessful in having the act pass the law
makers. but his friends were astound-
ed and worried when they read its
text 1t began with the usual ver-
biage. The endingswas something like
this:
We do grant that Bishop Doane be
buried within the precincts of the Cath
edral at Albany. This act to take effect
ediately. -Lippincott's Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
SOLEMN SERVICES HELD
AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Anniversary of Birth of Son of Found
ers of PalO Alto Institution
COnmernOrated

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May IA.
In the great Stanford church early this
morning an impressive memorial SER
vice was held in memory of Leland
Stanford Junior. 1t is the anniver-
sary of the boys birth The day has
always been commemorated at STAN
ford since the founding OF the univer-
sity. Rev. DR.. w. f. CIampett, rector
of Trinity Church, San Francisco, de-
livered the memorial address, He told
OF the boys early life and OF his sad
death. A memorial choir sang many
of, the favorite hymns OF Mrs. STAN
ford.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15

Ted-Did you ever know one of those
get-rich- quick schemes to pan out?
Ned-Tom's did. He eloped with a
millionaire'a daughter-Town Topics
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
Neglected onnortunities.

Bourke Cochran and Washington
Gardner of Michigan were having 1t
hot and heavy yesterday in the House
over the proposed increase of teach
ers' salaries IN this city. Gardner stood
for $500 salary as adequate in certain
ographers and college graduates in
some parts of this land who are glad
10 get as much as that"
Where is that placer" inquired
Cochran, cynically.
''Out in Michigan" thundered Gard
ner.
"Oh, WELL" replied the urbane New
Yorker. that's unknown country
''Ah, yes" continued the Michigan
man, .but YOU stumped out there in
the last campaign. noted that wfler-
ever you spoke the Republican majori-
ties were increased in November"
Which is an argument" retorted
Cochran, not to be outdone. proving
that Michigan is not UP to her oppor-
tunities. Washington Post
, When Gesler told William Tell to
shoot the apple from william Jr's.
head the noble schweitzer seemed to
hesitate.
"Coward!" the tyrant Kissed.
Il am no coward. William remarked
with much dignity.
Then why do you hesitate ?''
Because the apple trust has forced
prices to really extortionate figure .
William. manfully replied. Gould you
not just as we'll let me substitute a
pumpkin
But the tyrant couldn't and the res,
Is history.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
Alameda win celebrate.

ALAMEDA. May 14.-Fourth of
July is to be celebrated here on an ex-
tensive scale Among the organizations
that have united to make the event a
success are the Alameda Advancement
Association, the Adeli hjan Club. the
West End Alameda Improvement As
sociation, the Alameda Boating Club,
the Encinal Yacht Club and the West
ern Athletic Club. Charles r. Smith
has been chosen chairman and Fred s.
Cone secretary OF the general commit
tee that has the affair in hand. AS
outlined, the programme will include
literary exercises and athletic sports
on the Waynrsre Tract at Clement av-
enue and Walnut street in the morning
and afternoon. In the evening there
viii be a parade OF illuminated auto
mobiles through the principal streets,
and an illuminated marine parade and
fireworks display on the Tidal Canal.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15

That was your wife with you az
the railway station, wasn't it?''
What makes you think she was my
wife?s'
Well. she gave you such short an
ewer"
That wasn't my wife. e."-CIeveland
Plain Dealer
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-03-23
IDYLL OF THE BALLRooM,

She dropped this rosebud half hour age
While gli0ing through that witching wall
OF Strauss;
I aaved II from destruction dire below
The ponderous feet Of Phillips and h4s
spouse;
Tell me. sweet rose, before your petals fali,
Does my love know l love her best OF al 7
Another waltsI And as ] feared, again
That chattering noodle, Briggs. her VS.
avis;
Hes rich. though rather passe. aud US
plain
Ne loves her-that the very blind could
see.
How graciously she listens to his drawll
All, can she know love her best OF allI
never told her how her winsome race
Comes to my thoughts unbid the whole
day through;
never asked her II there is place
In her young heart where I'm remem-
bered, too.
Vet. watching her lean against the wall
And tall my soul ! love her best or all
Now halts the music fer a little grace;
And seated, see she gathers daintily
Her gowns gray folds aside to make
place
A place for Briggs! BY Jove, she beckons;
Ny queen, comet Now. let what may De-
fall!
know she knows leve her best Of all.
The soft, still dawn steals up the whitening
sky,
The lights are out, the music dumb and
dead;
Beneath the stars together she and 1,
An hour ago-what was 1t that we said
Strange gladness thrills my heart as re-
call
Her whispered words: IT love you best OF
ALL"
san Francisco Argonaut
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-03-23

The greatest new mileage built in any
one state is Missouri, with 372 miles.
Next comes Texas with 912 miles, and
then in order, Minnesota, 271; West Vir-
ginia, 237; Mississippi, 229; Pennsyl-
vania, 22O; Nevada, 215; California, 2O1;
Illinois, 1861. There were seven states
in which there was no railroad construc-
ton last year; Nebraska, Delaware,
New Hampshire, Vermont Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Nevada's prominence in mileage of new
railroads is due to the extension, across
the desert, of Senator Clark's San Pc
dro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake line, which
has already been sold to the Union Pa
cifc interests.
In II OF the past Is years, more mileS
of new railroad were constructed than
In 1904, but the average has been about
$500 miles. Indications are that con-
siderably more railway lines will be
built in 1905 than were built In 1904. The
total railway mileage, for the country at
large, is now $4,000 miles.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-03-23
Animals in Art.

Sheep are In strong demand In the
picture market" said the manager Of
a department store art gallery. If
were a painter of animal studies I
would confine my work entirely to pic.
lures of sheep. They sell better than
any other animal pictures. suppose
the reason is that sheep lend them,
selves to more artistic poses than other
quadruped subjects. They can be more
effectively grouped, and the contour Of
their bodies is in soft and rounded lines
well adapted to artistic work Then
sentiment is factor in the popularity
of these pictures The women and
children always are attracted by them.
especially by pictures Of sheep lost In
a storm, which appeal to their sympa.
thies. Cows are poor second to sheep
in popularity, and the demand foi
horses is very light The horse Is a
somewhat conventional subject and one
very difficult to portray artistically.
while the sheep can be easily and ef.
fectively introduced into picture.
Philadelphia Record.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-03-23
Took Railroads Coal.

The Kansas Southwestern, short
branch road running out Of Arkansas
City, has opened up conscience fund
account. Some time ago the agent at
Caldwell received the following let
ter: "Agent-Will you please send the
address Of the superintendent Of the
Frisco depot, or where shall / write to
make wrong right?" The required ad-
dress was given, and the following letter
came as a response: Dear Sir-When
I was small child / took some Of the
railroads coal, which wish to pay for,
as l am now a child Of God, and Heaven
and lost souls are my only desires" In
the letter was inclosed post Office Or
der for 70 cents.-Topeka Capital.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-03-23

homo was completed this week and the
first electric car to reach Sharpsville ar
rived at 10:43 q. m. There was celebra-
ton over the event, the president of the
company announcing that the people Of
Sharpsville should have an hourly serv-
ice instead of the one train each way a
day as given by the Lake Erie & West
ern.
Even Station Agent Adams, of the
Lake Erie & Western, was not able to
resist the general contagion, notwith-
standing that the electric road was a
rival of the steam road, and he went up
to witness the incoming Of the car and
remained to hear the speeches. When be
returned to the station and looked at
the clock Il registered 10:43.
He busted himself about his duties and
when he began to be hungry he locked
up at the clock again. The hands still
indicated 10:43. He moved them up at a
guess. went to his dinner and when the
evening train pulled In got the correct
time from the conductor and set the old
clock.
When he reached the station the next
morning and looked up at the clock he
was surprised to find that the hands in
dicated 10:43. He gave it start, setting
1t by guess, and along about noon
glanced at it again only to find that 1t
had stopped again at 1o:43.
And beyond this 1t has not since
moved without the friendly help of the
station keeper 1t positively refused to
run over the hour at which its rival first
reached the town.
L believe that clock ressntA the COM
ing OF that electric line" Adams said,
for it never acted that way before. Fun
ny, amt it,"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-03-23
TRAFFIC BLOCKED BY SNOW
Operation in Storms Rendered More
Difficult by Automatic Switches
and Signals.

Railroads are every year more sub
ject to the interruption Of traffic by
snowstorms. The increasing use Of
labor-saving and automatic inventions
is responsible for the Increasing irregu-
larity of railroad travel at every storm
In the earlier railroad days there were
no automatic signals or automatic
switches. At every switch there was
switchman, or it was the duty of the
rear brakeman to attend to the switches
In those days a storm much more severe
than any of the recent ones would have
produced comparatively small interior
ence with traffic, says Chicago ex-
change.
What formerly interrupted railroad
traffic was not the cold, but the volume
of the snow, Snowplows are not an old
invention, and the earlier piowS had not
power to cope with large drifts or deep
snow The only ways to remove the OBJ
struction we're by gang Of locomotives
tandem fashion bucking the drift, or by
several hundred laborers shovelling the
track by hand. The first of these meth
DDS was dangerous and the second was
slow,
All the great railroads centering In
New York have automatic signal and
switch systems by which operators in
signal tower can throw any switch or
set any signal IN the yards. The older
forms Of these systems are operated by
levers and connecting wires. The more
recent forms of signal and switching de-
vices are controlled by the use of COM
pressed air. While the power afforded
by either of these systems is ample on
all ordinary occasions, where only the
friction Of the switch is to be overcome,
in times of great cold with little snow
the switches freeze, and the power OF the
automatic apparatus is not sufficient to
overcome the adhesion of the ice and
snow,
Frozen snow or ice makes a strong
cement. Pieces Of metal can be held to-
sether by thin film of frozen moisture,
so that no steady pull can separate
them. A jar or knock with hammer
will crystalline the ice and enable the
switch to be swung, but this is hand la
Dor. and the number of switchmen in
any New York yard is so small that they
cannot handle ten per cent. of the
switches by hand without the use of the
compressed air and wire devices.
his is what ties up the suburban
travel every cold and windy snQwstorm.
Il is not the lack of ability to keep the
tracks clear Of snow or the lack Of mo-
i've power to pull the trains, but the i'm
possibility of handling the hundreds CT
witches by hand with a small available
iorce and the ineficiency Of the modern
iaS entions for that purpose when the
switch Is frozen to the rail.
The railroads try to get around this
By thawing out the switches with oily
waste and steampipes, but so long as the
wind blows in fresh snow the only prac-
ticable way Of manipulating the switch
os is by hand.