The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1905, Page 6

THE SANFRANCIoOUGCALLL JOHN D. VSIV’[;ECI:ELS . e SRl . Proy " ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS McNAUGHT. . MARKET STREETS. SAN STILL OPTIMISTIC. | PR | PTIMISM continues the keynote of business all over the MONDAY.... O country. Nothing is apparently able to dislodge it from the average commercial mind. Crop damage reports, political specters on the domestic and foreign horizons, and the cautionary | croakings of the wise old ravens of trade and finance are alike im- potent to perturb the prevailing confidence in the future. | Current conditions certainly justify this general confidence. The, crop prospects on which the country largely depends for its pros- perity continue bright, and while the wheat yield may not prove the bumper anticipated some weeks ago, it will be sufficient for all our needs, with a balance leit for export, and the corn and cotton crops, from present indications, will produce large harvests. Money con- | tinues plentiful and cheap everywhere, the failures are few and un- important, the bank clearings aré still running high, the railroad earnings lead those of the corresponding period last year, the dis- tributive trade all over the country is active, and a vast amount of money is to be disbursed for dividends and bond interest on the 1st of July. These are facts, and it is on these that the prevailing op- | timism is based. | It is evident that the expansion in trade is leading the natdral | increase accompanying the growth of population. There have been | indications of late that production has been créeping up on con- | sumption in some lines, but the point of unition has not yet been reached. Until it is, trade of course will continue to expand. the output overtakes the absorption, then the expansion ceases, am! | when it passes it there will be a lull. | The country has been expecting that lull for several years, but | barring the first half of last year, when there were visible signs of re- action, it has not yet arrived. This is shown by the remarkable exhibit | of the bank clearings, which last week mounted to $3.309,ooo,000,; or 27.6 per cent over last year, with 77 out of the go cities and towns | reporting’ clearings showing a gain, most of them large, such as| 34.5 per cent at New York, 23 at Chicago, 23.9 at Philadelphia, 28.8 at San Francisco, 168 at Pittsburg, 33.9 at New Orleans, 16.8 at Bos- | ton, and so on down the long list. This exhibit is simply brilliant, | and as long as it continues, week after week, with unvarying prog- | ress, it will be impossible to dislodge the spirit of optimism per- vading the atmosphere of trade. - Affirmative of this is the indifference with which several ordinar- | ily disquieting conditions have recently been regarded. Not many years ago the Russian-Japanese war would have violently agitated numerous branches of agricultural and manufacturing industry, the squabble in the Equitable Assurance Society would have dislocated half the joints of Wall street, and the Moroccan incident would have drawn the strings of the European purse tighter than ordinary finan- cial fingers could have loosed them. They have produced no effect | of importance. There is so much available money in all quarters of the civilized globe, and it is so readily available for all safe un- dertakings, that every posted merchant and financier feels that even if the money market be suddenly confronted by a huge draft it can | be met. This feeling—the feeling of safety which always accom- | panies the possession of a large balance at bank—is universal, be- gets and maintains confidence, and is a potent preventive of all pan- | icky apprehensions. | These general conditions being so sound and assuring, details | are superfluous. Unfavorable weather may reduce the yield of | wheat, corn and cotton here and there, but the country is vast and | its normal crops so large that an abundance is almost sure to be produced. Every few weeks the iron and steel industry shows signs of lagging, but it proves only transitory and the activity is speedil renewed. Meanwhile all parts of the country report remarkable animation in real estate and building operations, labor fully em-| ploved at the highest rates of wages ever known, the great majority of mills and factories running on full and some on over time, with | plenty of orders booked ahead, and the farmers so reinforced finan- cially by years of prosperity that as a class they are indifferent | whether they sell their product this month or next, or until next vear, for that matter. We are a conservative and careful nation as a rule, and while we sometimes run into extravagance and have i so recently, we never actually lose our heads, and have always | possible reaction in the corner of our eye. | That reaction will surely come, for prosperity cannot last un- interruptedly forever, but when? While no man knows, it is safe to that | | say that there are no signs of its appearance yet, and that the pros- pects for another prosperous year are excellent. Still, it is a good | thing to remember that the unexpected often occurs and with rude | abruptness. COULD GERMANY INVADE ENGLAND? NGLAND'S determination to loyally support France in what- E soever decision the latter country may make in regard to Germany’s demand for changes in French control of Moroc- can affairs suggests an estimate of what Germany could do about invading England in case France determined to he unyielding and Germany was stubborn in insisting on what she deems her rights. The question of the possibility of invading England was not long ago brought up in the British Parliament and Premier Balfour made it very plain that in the opinion of the Government the feat of landing on the English coast an army large enough to capture | ondon could not be accomplishied. On the other hand, not many months ago, a German military t wrote a paper which was published in one of the leading re- in which he expressed an opinion that a German army could | ) #nccessfully invade Great Britain. In the old days, when Germany's ®irift and ecasy conquest of France was fresh in men's minds, there wis a story credited by old European soldiers that Von Moltke had some wonderful secret plan all made out by which a Gerntan army could cross the channel with what England would deem in- wredible swiftness. It is to be noted that the latest German mili- tary expert also counted on the celerity of the movements of the | ser’s troops being something far and away ahead of the expedi- | tion of any soldiers in the world. The British Premier in expressing his conviction of his coun- try's immunity from invasion made his calculation on at least forty- eight hours being required by any assaulting army to land. If the | possibility of attack can be figured down to be mainly a question of hours, and from the tone of the discussion by the authorities it is} evident that time would be a most important factor in the result, it I would be interesting to know what Von Moltke's or other German | estimate of the time required is. Whatever be the difference, it is | very likely to be the truth that English authority is merely guess- ing at the time it would take an army to land, while the German experts know almost to the fraction of an hour how long it would take them to cross and disembark. There will be no such a thing as uuzhnlding the championship from Governor Hoch,of Kansas if he succeeds in licking John D. Rockefeller and | John D. Barleycorn, both at once.—Kansas City Times. REEST ¢ SR An Oklghoma woman charges her husband with having stolen $1800 from her bustle. for going through their pockets?—Kansas City Times. | —_—— The Chicago packers complain to the President that they are treated like commen criminals. That is certainly wrong, for they are uncommon | criminais, if anything.—Rochester Herald. : O TP “Secretary Shaw is nrd:ring'etmmmy in lights in public buildings to save the deficit.” But the deficit cannot be concealed in blowing out the lights.— | Louisville Courier-Journal. | s e = The trusts will take their feet out of the trough whenever tie people Aquit feeding them.—Washington Post. When | | Can it be that the men are beginning to retaliate on their wives | | ‘70 He—1 | i | 1 mumate Can’t you give me something was an She (shyly)—How would / KEEP HIS MEMORY GREEN | to remember him by ? do? —PUNCH. — i | How Well-Known New Yorkers Answer “What Tip Do You Give to Waiters? - What Tip Do You Give tor a Meal Costing 50 Cents ? Lilllan Russell—I never ate one. Robert C. Sapds—Fifteen per cent for good service, Henry Brevoort Kane—Ten. per cent is my invariable rule. Mrs. Fred Ross—Never less than 10 | cents. | Mrs. E. 8. Merry—In some places not less than a quarter. H Loftin E. Johnson—You can't give a Waldorf waiter 5 cents on a 40-cent check. Jack Folansbee—Ten per cent is always fair. Frank Daniels—Ten to 20 cents. Blanche Ring—It depends on the place. Mrs. Edwin Ardcn—Fifteen cents is my usual tip. | What Tip Do You Give for a Meal Costing $1.00? Frank Daniels—Ten to 20 cents. Mrs. Edwin Arden—Twenty-five to 80 cents. Blanche Ring—Ten to 15 cents. Lillian Russell-Twenty-five cents. Mrs. George Child=—Twenty cents or & quarter. Richard M. Montgomery—Ten per cent ought to be fair. Herbert A. Sherman—As much as I please, Robert C. Sands—Fifty cents. What Tip Do You Give for a Meal ! Costing $2.502 | i Morton Smith—Fifteen per cent; nothing if the walter is inattentive. —+ W. D. Hutton—Ten per cent on $1 or $50. Stewart M. Brice—Ten per cent on all bills above §1. Frank Danfels—It depends on the vari- ety of dishes. Mrs. George Childs—Fifty cents. Lilian Russell-Fifty cents at least. Jefferson de Angelis—Twenty-five cents is enough. What Tip Do You Give for a Meal Costing $5.007 Blanche Ring—Sixty cents would b my D. Jefferson de Angelis—Fifty cents would be right. Mrs. George Childs—I would give 75 cents, Lillian Russell-Generally $1. Henry Brevoort Kane—I stick to 10 per cent. Mrs. Fred Ross—Sixty or 70 cents. Richard M. Montgo: y—Ten per cent, unless there were several ip the party. Bryan L. Kennelly—Ten per cent; more if there are ladies in the party. What Tip Do You Give for a Mea/ Costing $10.002 Mrs. George Childs—Not more than $1. Jefferson de Angelis—Fifty cents enough. Lilllan Russel—One dollar and a half. Frank Daniels—Two or three 25-cent pieces. Robert C. Sands—A dollar or two; noth- ing if T was not served right. Stewart M. Brice—I'd stick to 10 per cent. Douglas Robinson—Ten cents on the doller is enough.—New York World. WOMEN AND JIU-JITSU o+ H. Irving Haneock, journalist, author, war correspondent and traveler, is now assoclated in the public mind as the American exponent of jiu-jitsu. During more than seven years Mr. Hancock has Leen preparing himself for the writing of books on this subject by taking instruc- ticns under Japanese teachers both in this country and in Yokohama and Tokio. Not long ago Mr. Hancock wae laid on the ghelf with the injured by a pupil who wag taking the third lesson—and by a woman at that! While laid up, and with one foot propped on a rest, Mr. Hancock wus visited by many of his friends, who proffered their uympnthy}’rhey were met with the information that no sym- pathy was desired—tpat instead of wish- ing condolence he was delighted that the thing had happened. He has no patience with the expression “the weaker sex.” He holds that, where other conditions are «qual, a woman should be as &trong as's’ man. Mr. Hancock, with his clothing on, does not look like an athlete. He is 5 feet 6 inches In height and weighs 160 pounds. He does not look as if he weighed more than 130. e is broad of shoulder and of large chest expansion, but he s small in his limbs. He claims to have the average Japanbee build in all but weight. Mr. Hancock's wife is five | |inches shorter than he is and weighs|’ some twenty pounds trained her to such a d the Japanese feats of THOSE DESIGNING WOMEN. Bobby—Let's form a partnership an'—an— #D?uy—on! Bobby! This is so sud- n! ; . is able to throw him at will when she can succeed in securing the proper hold.—The Lounger in the June Critic. CREDULITY OF CZAR. Here is a story which comes from Lon- don: “A Roumanian named Vanki is high in favor in the imperial circles at St. Petersburg. Not long ago he intro- duced to the Czar a Port Arthur diver, who related how he found Admiral Maka- roff standing on the Petropaviovsk at ‘the bottom of the bay with a halo round his head. The dead admiral's message was: ‘Go tell the Czar the Russian arms will soon be victorfous; then the Petro- paviovsk will rise alone from the bottom of the sea.’ Such revelations produce an indescribable impression on the Czar." —_— e PRIDE. His nose and throat were full of dust, His eyes were running red. “I suffer, but to-day I rode “Two hundred miles.” he sald.. —Life. ————— Townsend's Cala. Glace Fruits, in ar- tistic fire-etched boxes. New store now open, 167'Market street. g —_—————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 30 - fornia street. Telephone Main 1042, * DANGEROUS. Mr: Fly—Gocdnéss, be careful, Willle, you may fall and break your arm; that's an awful slippery place. | WAFTED FROM| | GEORGIA. — | “Politics is pickin’ up now,” said the old colored campaigner, “but de votin hours is so short, en de laws is sO strict, you can't vote long enough ter make a good livin'! THE DOLLAR IN THE.DANCE. De rich man got de money— De po’ mus' take his chance; It's de dollar pays de fiddler, | So, de dollar has de dance! De dollar makes de music— Starts up all de ban" En w'en de dollar dancin’ De worl’ is clappin’ han’s! ‘BKOTHER WILLIAMS’ PRAYER. “I don't want too much riches in dis !worl'. good Lawd, en 1 don't want ter 'bout six days, en den quit!" OUT OF HIS CLASS. “Your Honor,” said the lawyer in the Billville Justice Court, “this man is a most distinguished lar!” “I ain't, yer Honor!" shouted the wit- ness, “I'm jest a plain man—I never wuz called that kind of a liar before!” GIVE HIM NOTICE. ‘When Trouble is a-comin’, Close de do', en say: “Joy is got his banjo, An’ he's dancin’ here to-day!” A STORY FOR THE CRIBICS. There is a little story of the Sultan of Turkey, and it has a little mofal pinned to it, which we commend to the critics. Once upon a time the Sultan wrote a poem. “Read it,” he said, to his hired literary critic, “and say what you think of it.” “Magnificent!” | “Glorious as the sun! moon!” “You're a liar,” said the Sultan. “It's the worst thing I ever did. Ho, there!"—calling to the guard—"Off with this fellow's head!” Now, only. the other day, a certain man who had in his employ a fellow of literary fendencies submitted to him an article, with these instructions: “I wrote this thing myself. and I think highly of it; neverthel be candid with me, and, if you thin worth nothing, say so. I want the truth.” Thus urged, the critic rendered this decision: “It is very weak—ill-written, and would not be considered by any person of literary taste and judgment.” Whereupon the author and employer, in great rage, kicked the candid critic out of the front door, and he lost his job and his dignity and is now trying to get up a suit for damages! exclaiméd the critic. Matchless as the TO0O FAST FOR HIM. Don't keer ef de worl’ is roun . Or flat as flat kin be; All T know Down here below, 2 It goes too fas’ fer me! } On de lan’; or sea, It goes too fas' fer me; Time is a-gwine Lak’ a harricane flyin'— It goes to fas' fer me! Don’t keer ef de sun stan' still, Or keep a-movin’ free; My ha'r git gray Sence yesterday, En he don’t shine long fer me! On de lan’, or sea, Sun don't shine long fer me; Time is a-gwine Lak’ a harricane fiyin'— He goes too fas’ fer me! AND THE EARTH IS FLAT. And now a distinguigshed woman rises in meeting to remark that the scientists don't know what they're talking about and that the earth’s perfectly flat. And Brother Dickey makes this comment: “BEf it's a 'ooman sez de earth’s flat, don’t dispute de question wid her—ef you don't want ter git flattefied out yo'se'f; besides, tackling dese big worl’ problems keeps 'um mo’ quieter whar dey lives at. Flat or roun’—le'm have de worl’, en de sun, en de moon en stars, des lak dey wants um. Amen!™ BELIEF IN YOURSELF. In the midst of the strife between science and religion. a homely philoso- pher speaks to this purpose: “Best thing you can do is to live up to the light you have—believe in yourself, and trust God for the rest.” “I've had trouble enough with that boy,” said the old man. “Flve vears at school, three at college; an’ then I had to send him to Europe to git ‘pol- ished." " “Yes; but—what are you cuttin’ them hickories for?” “Oh,” he replied, “he’ll be home to- morrow, an’ these here hickories is to take the polish off him!” SINGIN'.HAPPY DAYS. L What are we a-carin’ for the big sun i on the blaze? The wind that waves the cornbiades is a-singin’ “Happy days!” The harvest soon will seatter all its gold tn all the ways— We'll sing the song of plenty in the fmornln’! v losin' sight o' )sorrow—we're keepin' fur from #ighs; The storm lets out the rainbow, an' the light is in the skies; An' Joy jest comes a-dancin’, with a twinkle in his eyes, An’ we'll sing the song of plenty in the mornin’! —Atlanta Constitution. We're Pirst Stranger—Show me a pumi- list and I'll show -you a worthless fellow. s > Second (threateningly)— s w;g. I'm a pugilist. How about it? the €f—er— worthiess fellow. § be no trust—onless I kin be one ter' it's | READY FOR THE LAST ROUND. l MIRROR OF DAME FASHION tions of almost any lace would fill the DAINTY EFFECTS IN A HAND-MADE BLOUSE. | The round yoke in this design is cleverly trimmed with insertions of needle point that are worked directly upon the sheer linen fabric, although applica- one plece, the shoulder seam being eliminated ailtogether, and The blousg is shirred over cords to the yoke, The yoke is cut all in the fasten- bill as well. line, may now be seen on the center of the sun’s disk, developed rapidly since | Juné 22, when it was first discerned as| a group of five small spots far in from | the northeast limb. On the morning fol- lowing there was a general eniargement, especially in the rear spot, which meas-| ured 17,000 miles in diameter. New um-| at noon the group measured more than | 100,000 miles in length and 20,000 in width | at the foremost and rear sections. Its| | position, a few degrees north of the| | sun’s equator, is one of the indicatio | that the climax of this maximum h: passed; and though large spots shall| probably appear during the coming two | or three years, the unprecedented erup- tions of the past winter are not likely to be repeated. The present spot is the fitth since the middle of last January that could be discerned by a normal eye without magnifying power; though three others that might be seen if all condi- tions were propitious also crossed the disk during these months. The much disputed theory of Dr. Lock- yer of Kengington, London. that an iIn- tensity of spottedness occurs about every FHESISRAE I COINS—Subscriber, City. The Govern- ‘ment of the United States does not offer a premium for any coin issued out of its mints. GERMAN HOSPITAL—J. H., Presidio, Cal. The Gefman Hosrital in San Fran- cisco is on the lot b* ~ 'd by Noe, Cas- tro, Thirteenth and w - teenth streets. ——— INTERLOCUTORY DECREE—Curios- ity, Berkeley, Cal. Interlocutory, in law, means not final or definite, but merely a step inl a suit or action. The following, in your letter of inquiry, is somewhat mixed: “If a man should remarry one week before his interlocutory decree of divorce, under the misapprehension that it had been granted, would he, after said drvoree was granted, be liable to prose- cution, and by whom? And upon what charge?’ In the first place, if a man should remarry “a week™ before the In- terlocutory deeree Is entered, he would be Hable to arrest for bigamy by prose- | cution through such as might become mp—Ne; I ignore it; we don’t move in the same set. . brae appeared on yesterday, and to-day, | ANSWERS TO VARIOUS QUERIES ing—arranged in the back. and the lace appliques are worked in slightly wavy lines all around the body. Those on the full puff sleeve match; and the deep fitted cuff comes | halfway to the elbow. For a slender figure this design offers a clever adjust- ment of the fullness that cannot fail to prove becoming. > SRS e +- o i 4 /| OLD SOL SHOWS A NEW SPOT | | | 100,000 MILES LONG y B k3 - e The discoloration, which, like a dark| 4 — ——p [ PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PRESENT I SUN__ DISCOLORATION, AT NOON JUNE 25. TAKEN the largeness and frequency of the erup- tions during the present year. San Francisco, June 25. aware of the crime; in the gecond a divorce is not granted until after the interlocutory decree entered; in the third place, is seeking a divorce has no labér under a misapprehension divorce has been granted. It ness to ascertain from the court, huren.tulumudnrh.-? gran! ‘;g EF! Eli!tll? i if the divorce has been he attempts to marry again. ——————— DOOMED LITTLE ‘The prophecy launched by of New. York, who little toe is being crushed tight boots that it will 10,000 years, is regarded by London experts, if that city, correctly the little toe be crushed E 41 T hj & Eg 4 ¢ § il