The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 29, 1904, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1904. THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO — = — — \ ,, TRACKLESS T RN o MISS DEMOCRACY: “DID I HEAR SOMETHING FROM YOU, ALTON? T Ay AUGUST 29, 1904 BEOMDAY, —oiuiniseioiittosrensmvansorse == : TRADE CONDITIONS QUIET. irface of the commercial pool. - : eat crop damage reports, there was nothing new of especial importance. There was one satisfactory condition, which was the diminution of rust - yeports from the Northwest. That scare has about run its course. r about 90,000,000 bushels fered, so the total crop of the United States and British possessions over The deficienc da indirectly cient t0 worry over. “hicago strike is still deranging matters throughout the West, espe- ttle-raising sections, and the stockmen of the Dakotas are re- traits, as, failing to find the usual outlet for their cattle, i to keep them on the ranges anfl feed them at a heavy loss. striction of the operations of the packers is diminishing the will affect trade in the West and Northwest more a money, which impairs credits, makes collectons slow, e distribution of all sorts of merchandise and the railroad earn rows thousands of men out of employment, and creates a depressing 11 lines of business. This strike and the accompanying dam- heat crop have been very detrimental to Western markets re of general trade is the large number of clearance sales hey are unusually numerous and are e te quarters. taken ate a falling off in the demand for food and clothing me of business, however, as far as the bank clearances indicate, is nt rather larger than at this time last year, as the clearings n over 1903 of 6.5 per cent, which is a better showing than they have ing of late, and most of the important cities are ranged in the in- Philadelphia, representing the textile industries, and Pittsburg, 1g a loss ] steel trade, are prominent exceptions, the former sho The gain at St is Louis 2.2 per cent and the latter one of 18.7 per cent. ly per cent, which is not a good showing, considering the stimulus which t city ought to be enjoying from the influx of money on account of the in the leading staples have not changed for weeks. Pro- 1l over the country. Wool is firm enough in price, but tations lead the to proceed with ; in cotton goods is now downward rather than upward, d g manufacturers = e crop prospects continue brilliant. The reports from the New e any pronounced activity in this br n the iron and steel trade, which is quiet, r factories do not indica r conditions prevail 1t efforts are being made in Wall street to show that the Lumber the E last, red bedrock and is again on the upward turn. but is quieter B < . z ral business quietude and disturbances in the building trades more activity in the Northwes demand for material in Wall street her 2 bull or a bear market, There seems to be nothing in g new hence stock valuations show he general tone is buoyant, however, and it wo! 1l than a bear market. Both professional and pt n advance, and the bankers would like to see or outlet for the vast sums of idle money with which they some time and which they consider a menace. as inflation if a favorable opportunity should pre rket continues inert, and the strenuous efforts to ele- sce little result res for the week were 285, against 142 f they were small and generally insignificant. or the corresponding The railway ain over last year ( s on the Pacific Coast remain about as before stated. Trade, g eter than for several years, is still good in most lines { THE CAMPAIGN OPENS. . campaign in New York is open. The task was com- to Senator Bailey of Texas eged to be the representative of the Standard Oil trust, fied to pour on the froubled waters ofi New He squarely accepted protection as the proper that The Senator is privately under- oil ics. cy of the country and discouraged any expectation signi n be made in the rates of the Dingley tariff. economic issue of the campaign by accepting correct, he proceeded to attack the equality with the negro, and ran a Texas steer disposed of the position President soci; h the race question. In this connection, with due fervor and age, he announced that the South would not be ruled is bearings he may learn that no one wants the South That is not at all the question. en the South, to avoid negro rule, suppresses the negro vote, on shall not be counted in the apportionment for members votes in the Electoral College. With forty members of gh electoral votes to nearly control the Presidency, The constitution by counting the disfranchised negroes, it is not a question of es ing the South, but of the South ruling the country by sfranchised negroes in the apportionment. Let Senator 1 vy take up that question and discuss it in his speeches in the rth and he will be listened to with lively interest. All that President Roosevelt has ever claimed for the negro eech at the Lincoln monument in 1903. He said: “It was d fortune to serve beside colored troops at Santiago. A man is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough be given a square deal afterward. More than that no man is entitled to, 1 that no man shall have.” Senator Bailey explain if he can that it is a square deal ise the negro and then use him in the population apportion- ment to increase the political power of those who have disfranchised him was own Let it be understood now that no one wants to force negro rule upon ! the South and that the South shall not be permitted to force its rule upon the nation through the negro. Two local physicians were censured by a Coroner’s jury a few days since for the grave offense of suppressing a crime that had beeen masked nder the easily worn and little respected honor of another member of the medical profession. When a physician forgets the ethics that elevate him to a position of the utmost confidence and trust in the community then the time has come for immediate reform. Censure for a violation of the most sacred obligation that may be delegated to a group of professional men is not adequate punichment to meet the offense. —_—— suggestion was recently made that the local authorities convert four s of Van Ness avenue into a mining dumps to remind the Knights plar and other distinguished visitors, who will be among us shortly, of ir palmy days. Jf the proposzl was made in seriousness it is grotesque, if t was intended as a joke it is in bad taste. San Francisco has so far pro- zressed beyond the mining age that the olden time has lost its power to at- t even the romancer. A ——— The revolutionists of Paraguay are doing yeoman service to prove that | the story of the general who marched his army up the hill and then marched it down again was no joke. The malcontents are certainly a diverting lot, trué to the traditional quarrels of the South Americans and refreshingly unconscious of their position as toy soldiers in the wars of the world. One real battle would teach these fighting men more war than a lifetime of their tions Bl e T A United States soldier posing as a foreign nobleman succeeded a few days since in getting himself into a serious muddle with the peace officers of New York and now he faces a rather gloomy future filled with prospective prosecutions for forgery. Any American who voluntarily accepts the handi- cap of such a disguise deserves all the trouble and distress in which he in- volves himself. RADE was singularly dull and featureless last week all over the coun- | From the Atlantic to the Pacific there was hardly a ripple on the Even at Chicago, the center of the ary to the wheat crop from this cause is figured at about 15 per cent, | f The Manitoba crop, as already mentioned, has | 100,000,000 bushels short of the estimates made in mid- | lv the business of the whole country, but the loss | anch of | | I | I {hm J’m 'u /'*’j\a’_/“__‘\ an §em———— e I il i _ !g‘ | | i | | | | A Little of Every- thing of Matters Feminine. A London milliner owns the oldest bill for dressmaking in the world. It is a crude stone tablet found in.a desert of Chaldea and relates to an or- der for ninety-two robes and tunics for the virgins and priestesses of the temple, fourteen of the costumes to | be perfumed with myrrh, aloes anad | 1, after the fashion mentioned in » Pslams. Antiquarians fix the date as abdut 2800 B. C. JAPAN I WOMEN AT TENNIS. Japanese women, for all their pretty list s of carriage and manner,i are beginning to take an interest in athletic sports. An American woman tells how she played tennis in Japan with native women. “It is wonderful how agile they are,” she said, “and it certainly is a most ght to see them playing Japanese dress, the pretty soft silk robe so associated with | reclining ease, and the thick soled | sandals “You can imagine the effect of the | on the sheen and gorgeous | s of the silken dress. Of course, | erve and return of the balls sends 3 costumed little ladies into| - prettiest of posturing. They look | like flowers lightly blowing about the | court. | “The thick soled sandals are not hard | to run in. Indeed, I was assured they were most comfortable for the spoit. | Some of the Japanese ladies I met | set up a strong enough game to play | with their husbands, who enjoyed the imported game immensely.” — New | York Sun. | DAINTY TABLECLOTHS. Tablecloths de lpxe {for set dinne Their centers are | mposed of lace or drawn thread in- | | sertions and embroideries. This is decorative alone, but to make it more | | 80 piece of gold or silver gauze is‘ | frequently laid on the table under the lace insertion, through which ' the |gauze gleams with dainty effect. | Silver table decorations go with the | silver gauze; gold gauze is preferable | when the flower vases are of crystal or | colored glass and when the dinner | | service has much gilding upon it. | ODD EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN. There is one woman blacksmith in Chicago. Nine women are livery stable | keepers and eleven are undertakers, | four are plumbers and steamfitters, | twenty-five are bartenders, sixty-six | are lawyers, seventy-nine are dentists, 165 are listed with the clergy and 548 are physicians and surgeons. —_—— { | The Soul of Wit. re now favored | | | | | A caller stopped at the house of a certain man and asked if he was at! home. “'Deed, an’ he's not,” replied the BEAUTIFUL PEARLS ARE OWNED BY SOCIETY LEADERS OF GOTHAM | P N ofo— MRE. GEORGE GOULD, WHO WEARS A MAGNIFICENT STRING OF PEARLS, A MRS. CLARENCE MACKAY, WHO IS OFTEN SEEN WITH A 3 NTAINING WHITE, PINK AND BLACK PEARLS. < Mrs. Clarence Mackay has a large diamond and pearl brooch, a stem and leaf. the Jeaf in three sections, says the New York Times. This brooch is set zolidly with diamonds, and in the center of one segment is a white pearl, of another a pink one, and of the other a black pearl. She often wears this to fasten a large bow of white tulle under her chin, Mrs. George J. Gould's string of pearls is magnificent, and she has a dog collar and many others. The string given by Senator Clark to his daughter Katherine, now Mrs. Lewis Rutherford Morris, as a wedding gift, is marvelous, Pearson, who was Miss Ayer, daughter of Dr. Ayer, inherited Mrs. Frederick from her mother, Mrs. Ayer, pearls that it took Dr. Ayer years to collect, and which are claimed to be worth $1,000,000. Miss Pauline Astor has a pearl necklace valued at $100,000. "~ Brifter Side of Lie He Got Up. A traveling man once put up for the night at the leading hotel in a small town, and before retiring left very particular instructions to be called in time for an early train. Early in the morning the guest was disturbed by a lively tattoo upon the door. “Well?” he demanded, sleeply. woman who answered the ring. “Can you tell me where he is?" “I could not.” “When did you see him last?” “At his funeral.” “And who may you be?" “I'm his remains,” sald the widow, and she closed the door.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. Tight, or rather snug, cuffs to the elbow distinguish the puff sleeves of’ ene fur blouse, “I've got an important message for you,” replied the bellboy. The guest was up in an instant, opened the door and received from the boy a large envelope. He tore it open | hastily and inside found a slip of pa- per on which was written in large letters: “Why don’t you get up?” He got up.—Rochester Herald. Evelyn—And did he pine away and die after you refused to marry him? Imogene—No; the ungrateful wretch married miserably well.—Chicago News, A Desperate Case. “Boss, drapped off half dis yeah?"” So I hear, uncle.” An' de sweet tater crap?” Yes, uncle.” “An’ de ’'possum done Texas 2" “‘Yes, uncle.” “Bos, you s'posen hit mek any dif- funce ef us nigguhs vote de Dimmy- crat ticket dis fall?""—Atlanta Consti- tution. As He Expressed TIt. “So you don’t mind my piano play- | ing, Mr. Skorcher?” said the girl next | door. “Not at all,” replied Skorcher; ing.” “When I'm coasting?"” “Yes: when you keep your feet off the pedals.”—Philadelphia Ledger. AND THE MATRO i | | cream, -3 | + . Ah yeahs de melon crap leabin’ “r like it best, though, when you're coast- N FAR ks || Caprices of Fashion, Recipes and Use- , ful Hints. Many of the most effective frocks for girls are still made of accordion plaiting in shaded rose-colored chiffon. Blue and brown chiffon are also | treated in the same way, with sashes | of souple taffeta and incrustations of | dainty edged with Valenciennes. With the exception of white and there is no doubt that pink | takes predominance and has ousted the pale shades of green and lemon which “threntem}d us in the early part of the ! season, but which could only be be- i | coming to women possessea of beau- ! | titul coloring and youth. 1t USES FOR MILK. ! When you come home from shop- ping, or are tired from overwork, try {a cup of hot milk. It is very refresh- ing as well as nourishing. The only point to be remembered is to take it in sips and not in one draft. For the coemplexion milk is excellent. If the face is wrinkled or sallow bathe it ;in hot milk. Treat the face to hot | milk every night and improvement in whiteness will soon be apparent. When you are thoroughly tired out take a milk bath. A gallon costs but i ylllllfl and added to your bath water | lace or point d'esprit, 1 will make it much more refreshing and works like magic in banishing | fatigue. | FRUIT SNOWBALLS. Take about two cupfuls of bread | dough, add half a cupful of butter, mix 1 in one cupful of currants and raisins or any kind of fruit, form the dough into six small balls, steam them half an | hour, roll them in powdered sugar and serve hot with whipped cream. : JELLY OMLET. ! Mix and cook a plain omelet with two eggs, three tablespoonfuls of milk, a ! pinch of salt and a very little sugar: | Just before folding spread with jam A trackless railway is being er by the community of Mannhe which will be the first of its kind Prussia. It will run from Mann to Langenfeld and will be about and a half miles long, with two branches intended for freighting p ed poses. The main line will serve for ths transportation of persons, bag: mail and freight. An extension sible at both ends. The roadwa; Mannheim to Langenfeld tw ! three feet wide, with a good basal | cover about fifteen feet in width, run. ning almost in an air line, with tha exception of a few curves. A speci contrivance for coupling is provided j order to keep the cars exactly in lin | this takes the place of wheel flang | in ordinary rail trains. The buildings | to be erected for the use of the r: | way are a powerhouse, carbarns pair shop and offices. For the ru | ning of the railway a current of abo 550 volts will be furnished. The pow {will be conducted to and from | cars, which are provided with elec motors, by means of two re a | poles, placed on the tops of the ca | and sliding blocks enabling the tra to move sideways from ten to twels feet. | The wiring will consist of two hard copper wires, with hard rubber sulators, carried by iron poles abou | eighteen feet above the middle of road. For entering farmyards lyi jclose to the road therd will be use instead of the regular wire a con- nector and flexible cable fifty to seventy feet in length, by means of | which the current will be transmitted to the motor car. Ordinary electric | cars have but one pole and the second pole of these railless cars serves for conducting back the current, which !s otherwise done through the rails.— Scientific Americdn. | A MOMENT OR TWO WITH 1 WELL KNOWN PERSONS is The King of Spain is passionately fond of horseback riding. He began as a boy of 7 and chose bigger horses as he grew up. Senator Platt of New ¥ork has moved to his new house at Highland Mills, Orange County, New York, whera he has bought a 400-acre farm and he says he intends to make this his per- manent home hereafter. A grandson of Alexander Hamiltc resides in Elk Neck, Md., keeping country store and acting as postmaste: He is seventy-four years old and al ways speaks of the first Secretary the Treasury as “grandpa.” John L. Sullivan is managing a New York cafe now. He is getting old, but if you don't like what is handed to you at his place he is still willing te hand you something else with, that terrible right. Sullivan is a most obliging ca- terer. Andrew Carnegie gives a bonus of 10 | per cent upon their yearly wages to a employes upon the Skibo estates wi! | are total abstainers from Intoxicating | drink. He believes that such are worth their bonus, both from an e nomic and a social point of view. a MUCH IN LITTLE IN THE CALL SCRAP PILE The International Committee of An- archists, in a recent session at Bar- celona, decided to establish a new cene ter of the Anarchist Society at Tan- gier, Morocen, whence Its propaganda will be spread General Kuropatkin's complaint that his men are too old calls attention to the fact that the Russian system tends to place rather old men with the colors in war time. The liability for service extends from the twenty-first to the forty-third year. The first four years are spent with the colors and the con- seript is then a reservist for fourteen years. It is quite likely, therefore, that Kuropatkin has received many reserv- | ists of about 39 years of age. Japan's service age is from 17 to 40. Ninety-two persons have been killed in the Alps this season. A bill has been introduced into the House of Commons designed to confer upon the Home Secretary power to or- der a rew trial in cases where he thinks there are proper grounds, as when there is reason to suppose that a prisoner may have been the victim of a miscarriage of justice. The camp of an English volunteer regiment was attacked by a hurricane on August 6. Nearly all the camp equipment was carried away and lost, although an officer’s bathtub was found three-quarters of a mile away. The colonel was wafted some distance and landed on the rocks. Both his shou ders were dislocated and he was badly | cut. In Tibet nearly every public office has two incumbents. One is supposed to be a check on the other. But some- times this dual authority does not | work well—in war, for example. |IN ANSWER TO QUERIES | BY THE CALL READERS | preserves or marmalade, fold in half| ;and when on platter sprinkle with | powdered sugar. ETO CLEAN BAMBOO FURNITURE. | Rub with a small brush dipped in warm water and salt. The salt pre- | vents the bamboo becoming yellow. | Clean wicker chairs and Japanese and Indian matting in the same way. —_————— In the Gloaming. “How beautifully,” exclaimed Gwen- dolen, “yon lovely lakelet reflects the |last rays of the dying sun! Do you | know, I agree with the poetic soul who speaks of water as the ‘eye of the land- | scape.” " | scape.” { Then the mosquitoes, like a poultice, | fell and drove them from the porch.— Chicago Tribune. ———— | All for a Joke. “You shouldn’t be darning socks at | this late hour, mother.” “Oh, yes I should.” “Why, don't you know it's midnight 2" “Yes, and don’t you know it's never too late to mend?” And the old lady, who had been sit- ting up all the evening for a chance to I:prlng the joke, went to bed with a feel. ing of deep satisfaction.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. | “But it Isn't, you know,” murmured | | Jawge. “You are the ‘T' of the land-| JAPANESE POPULATION—J. W. R., city. The number of Japanese in Japan is given as 44,805,956 before the war. { PUBLIC LANDS—Lenox, city. The | State Surveyor’s office, Sacramento, can furnish you information such as you | desire as to State lands. ! BOTH CORRECT—M. B., Tudor, Cal. | There is no objection to either of the following expressions: “It is ten min- utes of twelve,” or “It is ten minutes | to twelve.” | THE NAVY YARD-J. B. 8, city. For the information desired as to the amount of pay the employes at the navy yard, Mar€ Island, received on a | particular day. address a letter of in- | quiry to the commandant, Mare Island. TRAINING SHIP—A., Alameda, Cal. A boy must be between fifteen | and seventeen years of age to be ad- | mitted in the United States in a train- ! ing ship. For full information address a communication to the United States Training Station. Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, Cal. —_————————— Townsend's California Glace fruits in artistic fire-etched boxes. 715 Market st.* ————— Special Information supplied daily to | business houses and public men the ! s Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cal+ dfornia street. Telepbone Main 1043, ¢