The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 4, 1900, Page 7

THE SUNDAY CALL. Jome of Qur Millionaires &ho Perform Manual Labor Pecause They Snjoy JIt Wealthy Men Who Can Throw a Steer, Broom or Raise Violets as ¥ing that st ‘work and women must t iite back to th & of the shirt." ging this saying down to the me men are born to ed to the work thr t upon al so blessed in they can let th, work some one else. those less people never work s0 to speak stoves his diamonds, throw it of. ot see him sewing on morning or count- night, just clothes and bils- rras in Ne- s owns the major e Rawhide, known as of many lawsuits, rers and red tape. repairs when he ses he trara examjle 2t a man is & of wealth. y. where there are f open stretch, where bush or a tree, only f dry grass, with the ing in waves ab er, the cattle k Mounted on zzy-maned broncto, a saddle of the good th flowing tap: gh back, Miller makes hi s, and stands well up ling the On a round-up , de him, and ery acre of his vast domain. mes a millionalre, es which, it put such an estate that 1 on horseback an en- ind it, goes out d on the arid plains fed man in his emn- r o 0 worth—that is, s said that they but ne one be- nds lay dormant n chanced along one 1 of them for & song fer a whole opera This man was one ancisco. millionatre w and then jani- much property here- ings and tene- rs 2re not such ethereal beings as ve us believe. They , and when they do e broom and dustpan, sswork and mops the se, Mr. Davis says, makes him strong des—janitors come t 2 more unique char- wealthy than General <t of ploneers, nd proprietor of the nd cherry orchards in ows of winter have set- but he is yet hale and his vast orchards t is done is done well. is an expert an orchard from the theoretical also from the practical, t and has to the general's idea, tgging one bet- he often e very finest. the proprietor of a famous ing a dealer in refuse firewood n inverse evolution. E. win, otherwise known as “Lucky” ky,” went through such an evo- after the famous hotel named after ) was burned down. There was much » eft upon the scene of the fire, and alghtway set about getting not leave its disposal to y, but took charge of it after the fire—after the sers had died out and the e away—Lucky Baldwin in blackened overalls, with up, shoveling among the oading charred timbers upon Lucky Baldwin looked very place beside the rest of the labor- n passing by would have hat the owner of the $2,000,000 working with the common herd. t generally known, but yet it is Fair is not above hard, muscular work. ink so to look at him, ) sometimes until his ick and mussy with tar xum and the perspiration falls in rops upon the deck, for Mr. Fair v & yachtsman. He has owned the yachting line from a htub to & double-deck gasoline He has all the choice nautical uch as “*heave to,” “‘starboard tack" her bot,” at his tongue's does not have his yacht pleasure on considerati t ar from the noise and hum t Mr. Fair becomes a ver nary and very able seam is work to be done aboar to be found wanting, rope or stand a trick the best of them. No no sea too rough for him, and in conse- quence Mr. Fair's payroll shows one less salary when Mr. Fair goes down to the sea in his yac pursuit of flowers Hopkins nurseries a the 1 over and quite monopolize the San isco markets, but there are some rest flowe which more never / HENRY MILLER /AMUSES HIMSELF RREAKING RRONCO Saw Wood, Diz a Posthole, Handle a Well a5 the Greatest Expert. Magee has rowed fr Alcatraz and Saus: but his great work is greater t! opping wood onian styl ginning— in true G sing is an amazing fact with the most far re pected in T Lan n enriched by word c made fan Some years ago a fru triously anrounced “real jam’ ing fraternity recognized that “real was a “good thing,” and adopted tne phrase in the sense of easy victory or profitable venture. The converse adoption of the word “puff” as Indicating a newspaper par; graph of praise originated in France, curfousty. In the last century la- dies wore an ex- traordinary kind of headdress call- ed “‘pout,” in which the halr was raised high over horsehair cushions, on the principle of the modern pompa- dour, ornamented with full-rigged ships and other grotesque designs. In some instances this unnatural in- flation had a spe- cial significance. The Duchessa d@’Orleans, on ber first appearance at court after the birth of a son, wore a pouf which represent- ed, In gold and enamel, a nur- sery, a baby, cra- dle, nurse and basket of play- things—a verita- ble announcement by the lady of 1 after cord the sup- gee's wood t as a_mon way what ona 3 who ars Dping s amassed a wise. ilation has ssity for commands in a tendency conve character. to all his subjects by suppression of a Babyl the crucifixion of the ringleaders, of the restoration of the old priesthood w religious rites and chants an mation of dred and twer grace of Ormazd"—L e., * ple of light."” The book of Esther fur instance of public an e the form of ¢ casion Is also interesting as a postal system earlier than tt dynasties. The steps taken & Ahasuerus to protect the Jewish people from slaughter was by letters sent by “posts on horseback and riders on mules, camels and young -dromedar to ons hundred and twent. 1 “the copy of the Wwr ment to be given published unto all people The original and root meaning of the word advertise is to warn, and doubtless most of the earliest examples were of that nature—warnings er . or against breaches of the laws. The decree of King Darfus that every dominion of his kingdom me should tremble and fear before the God Danlel,” which he “wrote unto all peop nations and languages that dwell { the earth,” has that primary mean The ruins of Pompeii, after being buried for nearly two thousand years, have di closed some interesting examples of early advertisemen Painted signs are visible in the silent city; the wineshops are marked by rudely executed combats of gladiators, the mill and oven shows tha bakers’ shops, the drug store hangs out the serpent of Esculapius and the sur- «aon exhibits a painting illust ve of ¢ province was CAHARLIE FAIR AS ABLE SEAMAN tooth drawing. Still more in the nature of modern advertisement are various an- nouncements scrawled in red letters om the street walls. One of these announces that “a bath and nine hundred shops be- longing to a certain lady named Julia Felix are to be let for five years;” an- other “that on the 16th of May there will be a show of gladiators in the theater, which will be covered in on that occa- sion,” and a third announces that “Mu- nicius Pomfldius Rufus will exhibit on the 29th of October a combat of wild beasts.” The modern newspaper has developed a distinct system and demonstrated itself to be the greatest of all methods of pub- licity and has superseded that remarkable creature, the Town Crier or Parish Be: die, so admirably described by Dickens in “Oliver Twist” and in_the “Pickwick Papers.” Portly and pompous, dressed in a gold-laced uniform and cocked hat, with a staff in one hand and a bell in other, he was a “Public Functionary” who would go through the streets of his parish ringing his bell at intervals and proclaiming in a loud voice rewasds for the recovery of lost property, the date of sales by auction and other similar no- tices. The ancient Greeks employed town criers, and it is a mode of publicity In K \MOTHY o0 Lueky BALDWIN PEPDLES what had hap- Splt;n at the present time. The history of ened. nother mo 1sis ld be arge boes T4\ CHARRED LUMBER FOR PLEASURE: fady. Madame extent the history of the newspaper, for @Egemont, the that was seized upon at the very first for GARDENING daughter of the the purpose. The famous Dr. Johnson in Duc Richelieu, the fortieth number of the ‘Idler,” says o He makes & specialty of violets. The Aafter her father had captured Fort of it: “Genius is shown only by Inven- » big, rosettelike, lavender ones are the Mahon, wore in her pouf a little fortress tion. The man who first took advantage ! family pets, but Mr. Hopkins is proudest worked in dlamonds, with mechanical of the gemeral curiosity excited by a slege S, h 5'\” D of the big California ones, violets that clockwork sentinels. The exaggerated or a hattle to betray the readers of news AVIS AS invented and first placed upon the mar- egotism of the pouf is the primary idea In into the knowledge of the shop where the HIS OWN JANITOR. ket. ‘Without a doubt the champion all around rich man of all work is Thomas Magee of San Francisco. He is nct ad- the modern application or the word—an inflated blast upon one's own trumpet. The custom of advertising s probably as anclent as’ the earliest forms of civiliza- best powder and puffs were to be sold was undoubtedly a man of great sagacity and profound skill in human nature.” SYDNEY CHIDLEY,