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HOTELS MUST COME TO IT.
Sir. Merrifleld Tells of Funny Thing
A boat Future Hotel Keeping
"The day will come, and long before
we date our letters 1U19, when the hotels
in this country will have improvements
which will make the guests feel th.it
they have nothing to find fault with.
Certainly that will be a great period a
surprising one to the much abused hotel
keejer."
E. L. Merrifield, president of the I
Hotel Keepers' association, looked very
serious as he uttered these words,
"What will those improvements be?
Many, very many; but just now I will
mention only one or two, lest some
hotels begin, the new styles before ieo
ple are used to the change from one sys
tem to another. Here's one, for in
stance: The hotels will be so big in a
few years that when a guest gets up,
say on the twenty-ninth floor, he'll find
as he steps out of the elevator that his
room is a quarter of a mile away, count
ing all the halls and corners he'll have
to travel through before he gets there.
"Well, the halls will be broad, and
electric cars, light and airy as wicker
baskets, will pass along every few min
utes. All he will have to do when he
gets on his fl or is to press a button
the car will do the rest. It will whiz
down his way with the conductor at the
wheel like any cable car outdoors at
present, pick him up and he's in his
room before he's had time to say Jack
Robinson.
"You smile. I don't, for I'm serious,
More than that, hotels will probably
have private elevators for every large
parlor room on top floors after the elec-
A A .1 1 ' . .1 A 1
I LHr e oemnu me age.
"Take space? Of course. But what
of that? The hotel keeper is supposed
to be the only man who must spend all
he makes to benefit his guests. He does
not work for a living, like ordinary men.
Not he; his fate from boyhood is mapped
out to do everything he can to make
others happy at his expense. But to re
sume. The private elevator of each
room will be soon followed if not ac
companied by pneumatic tubes for
trunks and baby carriages with the ba
bies in them, and smaller ones for let
ters and bundles.
"More than tliat. A visitor will, I feel
certain, be shot up through the tubes
after the guests have seen their cards
and piped down, 'All right, send him
up.' It will be very stagelike to see an
apparent closet door fly open quickly
aud the friend of your better days in
full dress and hat in hand step out as
one does in and out of a carriage in tho
street and greet you with a smile, 'How
are you, old man?' or words to that effect.
"Then think of the way overtaxed
tailors can be avoided, too, by their cus
tomers among the guests who have 'for
gotten' to settle up. How? Easily.
There will be no hotel reiristrv. for the
There will be no hotel registry, for the
will probably walk nn to a machine,
f,, ...il,
writing his name, and just as he signs it
it will appear on a card on the inside of
the proprietor's private office. Names
are signed miles away now by wire or
dispatches. W ell, hotel men are close at
hand in this signature business. I hope
to live lon enough to see all the im-
provements,
'
jir. iuernneju s eyes iwinmea as ne
J concluded: "When the Hotel Keepers'
association meets one of these great im
provements is to be tested. Which one
it will be I don't know yet, but that tho
electric car in the hallways is a near
future event in hotel improvements is a
dead certainty." New York Herald.
An Awkward Blunder.
At a certain court of justice an awk-
i ward blunder was made by the prisoner
in the dock. He was being tried for
murder and the evidence was almost
J wholly circumstantial, a chief portion of
it being a hat of the ordinary "billycock"
pattern that had been found close to
the scene of the crime, and which, more
over, was sworn to as the prisoner's.
Counsel for the defense expatiated upon
the commonness of hats of the kind.
"You, gentlemen," he said, "no doubt
each of you has just such a hat as this.
Beware, then, how you condemn a fel
low creature on such a piece of evi
dence," and so forth. In the end the
man was acquitted, but just as he was
leaving the dock he turned in a respect
ful manner to the judge and said, "If
you please, my lord, may I 'ave my 'at?''
London Public Opinion.
Marriage by Proxy.
A curious custom among the rulers of
the Old World is marriage by proxy.
For instance, Francis II, the ex-king of
Xaples, was wedded by proxy in 1859 to
Maria, a duchess of Bavaria. Of course
the marriage by proxy goes no further
than the ceremony. Exactly why it
should be done at all is not clear by past
j or present histor3, unless to save the
i prince the trouble of going after his wife
I and give her a decent excuse for coming
. to him.
in tne case oi r rancis. ne had never
seen Maria, and their first interview is
said to have been attended with consid
erable disappointment. In fact, if the
young man had not been already mar
ried by proxy lie would probably have
never married the lady at all. Drake's
Magazine.
Ued to uioke in Oinrcli.
The Rev. Dr. Parr, when perietu;sl
curate of Hatton. Warwickshire, which
living1 he held from to 17U0, regu
larly Finoked in the vestry while the
congregation were singing long hymns,
chosen for the purpose, immediately be
fore the sermon. The doctor was wont
to exclaim, My people like long hymns,
but I prefer a long pipe." All the Year
Round.
What free Silver Means.
By "free silver,? is meant the free
coinage of silver, the placing of silver
on an equality with gold in the mints of
the United States. At present any man
who has gold can get it coined without
charge; but a man who has silver bul
lion must sell it to the government,
which coins it or issues certificates
against it. New York Sun.
A GKEAT C LI. MATE.
AN ENGLISHMAN GIVES HIS OPINION
OF CALIFORNIA.
8omi Feature of m Wratern State Com
pared to Knfrlantl tiMl Advice r.r
TkoM Who Think of Making Their
Home in That Marvelous Country.
I am writing on Jan. 14. Over in the
mild climate of England my fellow gar
deners are protecting their plants from
frost and sheltering carefully all those
potted plants which they are going to
force for the market. California is
large twice the size of England, I
should say. But if you want to find a
place here where you would have to do
the like in your profession you would
have to hunt the cool and somewhat
treacherous bay surroundings of our me
tropolis, or you would have to climb the
peaks of our Sierras, and then you would
have to reach an elevation of 3,000 feet
before finding places with a real winter.
We have no winter here, and wh.1t is
generally called winter is understood to
le the rainy season. This season is very
mild, and we work at our places here in
the foothills of the Sierras in shirt
sleeves today and call it a most beaut t
ful day.
Our fothills rival the valley; we have
the high mountains at the back of us
protecting us from the dry winds of the
i plains e.ist of them and giving us the
benefit of the warm reflection of the sun.
which shines here almost every day.
Our grapes rijen at 2,000 feet elevation,
but seven days later than those from
the Fresno region; while our climate is
not so hot, being easier reached by the
winds which blow every day from the
ocean. We can dry raisins in the sun j
in spite or the occasional early rains
which set in once in awhile in the hay
ing season, at the end of July.
The highest temperature I have re
corded for four years was 112 degs.
Fahr. in the shade. I must say for a
person coming from a cool climate, like
that of England, this is anything but
agreeable. But then 1 12 degs. up in the
mountains feels nothing like that heat
in the valley, where no air may blow at
the time. Hot spells last usually from
three to five days, and then again we
record 90 degs. to 95 degs., or even 85
degs. Fahr., for weeks at a time. By
the time a person has been living here
for say five years he gets pretty well
used to it and lives through it just like
everybody else.
A HEALTHY CLIMATE.
It is healthy here. The air is won
derfully pure, and the fogs which visit
us from the ocean are quite pleasant,
pure and refreshing. The Coast range
is different altogether. It is affected by
the evaporation of the ocean, and couse-
quently cooler and temperate. The
from the ocean border, and its
peculiar
ity is best demonstrated by alluding to
the fact that, while the grape never
ripens at San Francisco, ten miles from
it, just behind the Coast range, there
lies the land which supplies the city
nearly all the year round with the most
delicious strawberries.
Most people who come to California
usually stop and stay at San Francisco.
The climate is more agreeable, and there
are more fellow countrymen, and all the
advantages which city life offers. But
the most acceptable openings are in the
interior. Gardeners, as a rule, are peo
ple who are least afraid of anything, and
if they cannot get a job at their own
trade, very well, they try another.
Fruit growing is at its very lest in
California, and its climate is adapted to
every kind in every part. The grape
will grow and ripen, rich in alcohol or
sour like a Riesling, just as you choose
to pick your location. The orange is at
home south and north up to 1,500 feet,
and, wonderful to note, the apple will
ripen side by side with this subtropical
fruit. Olives seem destined to shade
every hillside which now gives ground
to pines and underbrush, and peaches
and apricots bring such wonderful re
turns that it is not surprising that Eng
lish capital seeks investment by the
million.
GOOD ADVICE.
If only the ground is kept cultivated
it needs no irrigation, and shoots of ten,
twelve or even fifteen feet in length on
two-year-old trees are something a per
son may see from the railroad car while
traveling through our glorious state.
The population of California is stilt
small. One million and a quarter is all
this state's census gave as the number
of inhabitants. There will be homes for
just as many as may choose to come and
work their way. The great danger is
that the warm climate and the ease with
which the soil gives a return will make
the people too lazy. The young genera
tion springing up at the present is not
as energetic as their forefathers, from
whatever country they came. Times
have leen too easy for the old folks if
tbej" did not make any money through
labor they did so in trading, and as a
last and most important resource they
can fall back upon their real estate and
turn into money what the emigrants are
willing to buy. The estates are too
large altogether at present, and the
more they are cut up the' better it
will be.
The man who conies here ought to
know a trade, and be a handy man all
around. He should be content to work
for other jieople for a time until he gets
accustomed to the ways of this climate.
And he should work at the wages whi h
the trade unions have established. As
he works for other people he has the best
opportunitj' to watcli his chance without
running any risk. Jackson (Cal.) Cor.
Gardner's Chronicle.
The Size of Solamvu'a Temple.
Solomon's Temple, as described in the
Scriptures, would not be regarded as a
very imposing structure in this day and
age of the world. Its length was 107
feet, breadth 36 feet, and it was 54 feet
in height, with a portico or veranda J'G
feet long and 18 feet wide. We have
private houses that overshadow such an
unpretending structure. St. LouisRe-public.
J Chick-weed Nfll-.ru In Paris.
It is strangely HtiggeHtivs of the up
and d'jwi.M of lifo to read that among
the ln-iijlTM of the society of t hi k-
weed sellers in Pari there are a large
uumlxT of ierton who were formerly
i in a much higher condition. It may not
le generally known that tho humble
itinerant chick weed seller of Paris
boasts of a syndicate, which, in default
of a hall wherein to transact business,
meets in the ox-n air near tho fortifica
tions. At a recent meeting the queatiou
had to lo decided whether what are
known as "colifichrt" men that is U
say, itinerant venders of a Htiucies of
light cake for song birds should be ad
mitted into the society, and the votes
were taken in this way those who were
for their admission put a cork in a bas
ket, those against it put in an onion.
The corks, on being counted, proving
suMrior in number to the onions, the
"colifichet" men were proclaimed mem
bers of tho society of chick weed sellers.
In connection witli the subject it U
mentioned that among the members of
this very humble corjoration are to Ih
fouud two doctors, one lawyer, four
chemists, two manufacturers, twenty
nine wine merchants, one process server,
four jewelers, nineteen brokers, eight
grocers, two copitersmiths, four clock
makers and a dozen tradesmen in other
I lines. It would 1 curious to know by
what vicissitudes or reverses of fortune
' such a change in the social nositioii of
these people was brought about. A
professional man, or even it tradesman,
must be, indeed, driven to the last ex
tremity to take to selling chick weed it
one sou a bunch to earn his bread.
London Standard.
Fruiru tiaa for Fuel.
According to a iecial from Munch,
Ind., which is the center of tho Indiana
natural gas fields, the numlx-r of chance
discoveries has just lHen added to by
one which will Ikj of immense imror
tance in the industrial worM. The story
is that a few days ago a service pi
line of natural gas had frozen near Mill
Grove. To remedy the stoppage a joint
of the nino was detached. It was found
that the joint was Idled with ice, and
one of tho workmen pounded tho pil
and a cylinder of ice about a foot long
came out. One of the workmen said
jestingly, "Well, there's some ice which
ought to burn."
Some one then suggested that fire lj
applied to the ice. Tho ice caught fire
and burned like a torch, so thoroughly
was it impregnated with tho natural
gas. The burning gas furnished heat to
melt the ice, and as it melted it liberated
the gas, which burned as fiercely as if it
had been coming out of a pipe.
All present were amazed at the phe
nomenon, and it was at once suggested
that the discovery might prove of im
mense value by rendering it ossible to
freeze natural gas into blocks which
could le sent out for use as fuel. It
seems that the congealing had taken
place under a pressure of 'Mi) pounds to
the square inch, and it will require in
vestigation of chemical experts to de
cide whether the gas had been liquefied
by the pressure and then frozen or not.
Capitalists are investigating the dis
covery, and if practical a new industry
will be develojied in tho natural gas
fields. Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Novelljr in Kprta'le.
A gentleman well known in the scien
tific world lias just invented a pair of
shot proof spectacles. It is not exactly
a compliment to the modern sjortijiaii,
but 1 am bound to say that in view of
the alarming increase of shooting acci
dents in recent years, tho invention
must be considered as supplying a seri
ous want. I have it from a friend who
has been going into the question that
these glasses (which are being manu
factured on tho Strand) may be relied
upon to withstand almost anything
short of a charge fired point blank, and
they have tho advantage of thoroughly
protecting the side of the eye which is
the direction in which tho most serious
wounds are generally received. London
Truth.
Keiiiarkable Vtlicel
Ikxrrow Trip.
Four adventurous
IK.TSOIis, three men
and one woman, will leave rv.-attie soon
for New York with no other means of
conveyance than a wheelbarrow. They
are J. F. Cheatham, John Howard, 1L
W. Caston and Miss Lou Howard. The
men will take tumal)out at pushing the
wheelbarrow, and only when the wom
an gives out from exhaustion will she
be allowed to ride. Only in case of sick
ness will stops of a longer duration than,
twelve hours le made at any place until
Chicago is reached, where it is intended,
to remain for three days, and then push
on for New York. It is the intention of
the quartet to cover the distance be
tween Seattle and New York in five
months. San Francisco Call.
A Kottun Mui'i Hard Luck.
A Boston man died the other day with
out having touched a fortune which ho
had long expected and had at last inher
ited. The estate, which was a large one
in New York, was in course of settle
ment, something had Tjeeii realized al
ready, and a check for several thousand
dollars was fcent as a first payment to
the Boston man. It found him in bed
so sick that lie could not even write an
indorsement, and he died without hav
ing handled a dollar of the projerty.
Boston Journal.
A fountain of Oimx.
It is reported that a mountain of onyx
has been discovered in' Mexico about
thirty miles from El Paso. It is said to
be of a superior quality, fine graded and
leautifulh marked with calico streak
of variegated colors blended across the
face of the edge. The mineral, it h
claimed, scales off in large slates, majc
ing it possible to sell it as cheap as com
mon stone. Exchange.
A It abed Clay food taelory.
James Wardner has found a bread
mine in the Okanogan country. Thsav
stuff is a clay, which, when baked, i
edible. It will be canned and sent east
along with boned turkey from the ca
rancli. Washington Pres-Times.