The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1905, Page 8

THE $AN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, N THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL TUESDAY. HE organ of the municipal administration is projecting war T ctics into the time of political peace that always follows an ex- campaign and an election. The people of San Francisco e said their say, the majority has spoken and the minority takes the ver American fashion, hopes for the best and goes about its bz T'here wouid seem to be no further need to spill large type and sguander battle cry headlines over an event that is past. The election cannot be won again, immediately, and speculations as to what brought about the result, or what the effect will be upon the political future of the State, are waste of ink. Even abuse of those who had the misfortune to differ from the majority is unfruitful, since in politics there must be such differences, and people are not to be clubbed into agreement nor kicked into unanimity. Zeal in a campaign is good. It is evidence of sincerity, some- times, and always the spice of a contest. Those who play the game of politics in this country do it with energy. They often over- lo it by foreseeing the general ruin of the country if their side is beaten, and they never see their prophecy come true. Some men get so wrought up that after defeat they commit suicide; the last resort of a lunatic or a fool. It is not often; however, that the winner n chewing as large a rag as is being wallowed in the mouth tion organ. The people who are aware of its evi- to marvel at it. Some think that it accumulated imunition than it used before the election, and is firing salutes. It surely has a heat on and perspires vective Irom every pore. n of its wrath is Mr. Francis J. Heney, the noted pros- e land grafters. It accuses him of a long line of offenses, tween homicide and changing his name. Inferentially Sec f the Interior Hitchcock is a part of Mr. Heney’s offenses, | e President as a probable accomplice. Now all this is alleged | ked by a speech made by Mr. Heney during the city | R which that gentleman declared his mind about matters considerable freedom. But others made speeches on the same equal freedom and perhaps more. Why should Mr. ovo Heney be picked out of the crowd for all this post-election blud- | geoning? [ ng a campaign speech is an offense to be punished, by |- large re are others who should be among the prisoners | at the \Mr. Heney is arraigned, pulled into the dock, | metaj to lhister 3 iffed and, with an Oregon boot on, compelled to the daily rereading of the indictment charging him with 1g the immaculate purity of the municipal administration. The | sfortune to r from the majority, which Iministration, instead of winning for him that com- ich even politicians feel for the fellow who guessed t id to the rancor and inspire the virulence with | e is 1ed. | >erhaps it is the force of habit. Mr. Heney has been entrusted he prc 1 duty of prosecuting the land grafters in several In the discharge of that duty he has laid the mighty low | oud hath he rebuked. The most powerful combinations | genious devices have been raised to obstruct him, all in But his work is not finished. He is after more land grafters, he wrath of his victims pursues him. The f micipal administration is the talking machine which Mr. Heney is not attacked because he made a The attempt is made to break him because he prosecutor of land grafters. to some people that this projecting of the cam- | t and grafters far into political peace has for its mo- ire to raise the siege against the pirates who have sailed ¢ domain, gaining much gear by their profitable freeboot- | essic goes for them the de the pub ga ga it No others have any interest in the undoing of Mr. Heney. The attacks on him are in the interest of the numerous and widespread “Order of Grafters,” and all of them, from™the low muckamuck to in the organ’s roar. c THE BELATED RAIN. HE extension of the dry season to an unusual length admon- shes the people of California to economize the water supply for . If this is done the agriculture of the State will not ffer from drought. By resorting to winter irrigation, which stores | ater in the ground at the season of low evaporation, the supply that | carry all of our leading crops over without loss. | Over a very large part of the irrigated area of the State artesian wells are used. Numbers of such wells are flowing to waste. In| are, Kings and Kern counties this is especially the case. These waste wells squander the ground waters of the artesian belt to ry of the wells whose waters are utilized in the irrigation of We have called attention to this waste before, and the pros- a dry season makes it necessary to do so again. The law of State requires the capping of all such wells, and we believe it is made the duty of the District Attorney in each county to enforce this law. The Supreme Court of the State has decided that a land- | owner may not lessen the pressure of water in his neighbor’s wells, except for the beneficial use of water from his own well on his own land. 5 | The law and this decision are intended to protect the ground waters of the State in their beneficial uses in irrigation, just as various laws and decisions protectythe surface and flowing waters for the same uses. It is a recognitiod of the necessity of irrigation from | these two sources. Upon such irrigation depend the food supply | and prosperity of the State. The conservation of surface and ground waters is, therefore, one of the highest duties of public administra- tion. On the deserts, in the artesian belt, are some of the most fertile lands in the State, needing only the water supplied by the artesian wells. These lands produce fruit and forage crops in abundance, and add appreciably to the wealth and resources of the State. But their | fruitfulness is endangered by the waste of the ground water from flowing wells that were mistakenly bored on land made barren by alkali or underlying hardpan. Such wells have caused great ponds of stagnant water. The water has released the soluble salts in the eround, and is too brackish for stock to drink. The waste has no redeeming feature. This and the waste of flowing water should he rigidly prevented. If this be done, California will feel but little even a prolonged drought. It must not be forgotten by other parts of the State that our raisin and much of our deciduous dried fruit output is produced en- tirely by surface and ground water irrigation, in parts of the State where the dry and hot atmosphere are necessary to the perfection of such crops, in conjunction with irrigation. Such being the case it is strange indeed that a prodigal waste of water should be anywhere permitted. is present w C We might have known it without waiting for the returns on his ocean voyage. President Roosevelt fired the boilers with one hand while reaching up his other hand into the air after wireless messages.—Chicago News. TSR TR Senator Knox also indorses the President’s plans for regulating railroad rates. Pennsylvania must find the sensation of having a real Senator de- cidedly movel and exhilarating.—Kansas City ¢Star. —_— 3 It is scarcely credible that crowded, free trade England is to have the most prosperous winter known for years.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. BRSSO B The Russian editor no longer fears the Gavernment, but has to be ex- ceedingly careful not to offend the strikers.—Washington Star. ————— When the economical housewife casts her bread upon the waters the result is bread pudding.—Chicago News. > l | sah,” was the answer. MIRROR OF HE vogue of the two-piece costum closel; s e SEATS OF THE MIGHTY. Of all the ehairs of Church or State— Bench, woolsack, throne, or what you will— 'Tis written in the Book of Fate The high-chair is the highest still. Lolled in his office-chair, there sits The master of a thousand mills; Men toil or rest as he permits; Men fail or prosper as he wills. Perched on the polished bench, where strife Cries to condemn or pleads to save, Sits one, and blots the light from life, Or nods another to the grave. Squat in his place of power, behold The monarch of a mighty land! And destinies are lightly told, Toyed in thé hollow of his hand. But over all and over each Another sits, who must be reckoned; The eternal woman comes to teach - The first of men he is but second. Yet hardly is her reign begun . Till she must learn as she schooled; For lo! there comes the helpless one And rules the ruler of the ruled. has “or chairs of Church, or seats of State, Bench, woolsack, throne, or what you will, Are only relatively great; The high-chalr is the highest still —Edmund Vance Cooke in St. Nicholas. ——————————— HE DIED UNANIMOUSLY. Representative Adamson of Georgia, while going to Washington one day not long ago, noticed a crowd around the depot at one of the stations on the Southern, down in North Carolina, and poked his head out of the window and asked of a negro: ‘“Adam, what's the matter here?” “Jim Johnson's dead, “Somebody shoot “No, sah; nobody done nuthin’ he jis died all to once unani- —New Orleans Picayune. him?"” to his mously.’ WHISKERS DRAGGED THE GROUND. | N. White, brother of White, the sewing machine man of world-wide fame, died at Beloit, Wis., the other day. Mr.} White was a man of many peculiarities. | One of them was that he would never trim his whiskers. His whiskers were | probably longer than those of any other | man in the world, as they would drag| at least a foot on the ground when he allowed them to hang down. Fa el Mother—Well, you must WITH DISTINCTLY PARISIAN TOUCHES. though the separate wrap has encroached somewhat The one {llustrated shows its distinctively Parisian touches in the cut and the manner that thé trimming is applied. The coat is of three-quarter length, a comfortable one for winter wear, and follows the lines of the fllu?e with the straight front line considerably emphasized. The material is a satin-face broadcloth, of a medium green in coloring, and the fronts are thrown back in reveres and trimmed with black velvet ribbon strap- pings, each strap held with a fancy button. design, with fust a trifle more of fullness at the top than usual with a plain pattern; while the cuff is elaborated with strappings. this season's characteristically_high collar, is of white satin, cascaded all | down the front with a creamy lace jabot. 1 cut, Interlined with a princess haircloth for several inches above the hem, falling in fluted folds to a full ten yards wide at the hem. DAME FASHION e, coat and skirt, still maintains, al- upon its domain. The sleeve is a plain tailored The vest, with The skirt Is of extreme circular NYMPIHS, NAIADS AND NUPTIALS. This has been an eventful week in the history of Leakesville. On Sunday the bright air seemed to breathe the glad chant of a thousand unseen, coguettishly prancing and singing naiads and nymphs proclaiming nuptial bans. hese heav- enly symphonies had hardly ceased be- fore another day was dawning to the tune of a happy refrain caught up by the same invisible choristers, rejoicingly announcing the advent of not “The New King,” but a little stranger. The echoés of this died away Monday night just as the Aeolian harps began. to play their sad requiems over the telephone wires as an aftermath in the wake of the death angel's visit at Merrill. The strains of their weird music walled and sobbed into nothingness. But the end was not yet, dear reader. Fortune had still another ill turn to play us, another drop was to fall from his chalice. This time it was on Tuesday, just as the day was fading. The doleful toll of the bell rang out clear upon the peaceful atmos- phere with slow and measured peals, telling us that the wand of the Death Visitor had touched one in our midst. But still more, kind reader. Late Wednesday evening the scene of havoc and disaster shifted to Big Creek. Here fortume played her last caprice, closing the chapter of this black letter week, when the water imps sang their plain- tive harmonies over the little body con- signed to their realms. Surely, gentle reader, this has been an eventful week. —Leakesville (Miss.) Herald. —_———————— FROG REMEDY IN GASTONIA, © A Newton man discovers that a toad applied to the foot of a fever patient and kept there would certainly cure the patient. It may be that the same is a known remedy, known of old, but it is new here in Newton, he says. A young man in this county has been very low with typhoid fever for several weeks; so ill, ip fact, that the physi- cians gave him up to die. Another young man had typhoid and took the frog treatment and was cured, and so the treatment was applied to the pa- tient with gratifying results. The young man is reported as convalescing. The toad, the story runneth, turns green and dies, having drawn all the fever from the patient. It seems to be an excellent remedy, but it is tough on the frog.—Gastonia (N. C.) Gazette. ——————— The Zionists of New York are now issu- ing a weekly Yiddish magazine, devoted to the Jewish nationalist eause. This is the first Zionist weekly paper entirely supported by Zionists. It is called Der Yid (The Jew). Dix—What did he say? Hix— said ‘women l were destined to - large OVEMRER 21, 1905 OCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS BY A. J. WATERHOUSE. MOGANN WAS A JINER. OGANN was a “finer”; he joined all things, All lodges and orders and coun- cils and rings. All tribes and encampments, each le- gion or clan, Wes sure to be joined by the worthy Mogann; Till at last he was forced, or so I am told, To bulld a new house his regalia to hold. The Crepitant Chorus Ot Corpulent Chumps, The Definite Den of The Dolorous Dumps, The Sibilant Sirkel Of Siamese Swans, The Jubilant Junto Of Jupiter's Johns, The Haleyon Harbor Of Hitherto Hawks, The Glorified Grotto Of Galvanized Gawks— . These were but a few of the orders he “jined,” And it followed, of course, if Mogann you would find. You must seek him each evening at some lodge or other. Engaged In proclaiming some duffer as “brother”; And it equally follows his family grew | 8o scarcely the nusband and father they knew. 23 And T've heard it related—'tis true on my life— - He was twice introduced to his excel- lent wife. For though “jining” has charms, as the “jiners” all know, It has also, I've heard, just a draw- back or so. Well, Mogann expired—'tis the that men do— And he had just a beautiful too, For the orders I've present in force, And they wore their regalia and sable, of course: And others there were quite tioned before. So I'll name just a few, though I think there were more: The Masterful Medley Of Malachite.Moors, The Beautiful Bourn of Benevolent Boors, The Valorous Villa Of Vulcanized Vults, The Celiuloid Castle Of Capable Cults, The Forum Fraternal Of Fallible Fads, The Galvanized Gully Of Gullible Gads— [ funeral, mentioned were unmen- “We will miss him, our brother,” a chaplain said low, But he sings with the angels in heav- en, we know.” Said Mrs. Mogann, to the drip of a tear, “I hope he sings better than e'er he did here; ° But one thing,” she said, “now is clear unto me, / And the reason he went unto heaven 1 see: He had joined and had joined till noth- ing was left On earth for his joining, so, feeling bereft, He drew a long breath and prepared to expire, For he wanted to join the heavenly cholr.” 5 “Was the defendant drunk when you saw him?" “Well, I can't say as to that, but he was hanging to a lamppost and telling it that he (hic!) wanted to go home. I asked him where his home was, and he said, ‘Heavensh my (hic!) ‘ome,’ and then he struck me because I didn’t show him the way.” “P should think that under such cir- cumstances you would know that he was intoxicated.” “No; T know nothing about the amount of ‘pull’ that he possesses.” “He said that he meant to give twenty dollars to the feedy.” “That showed a good and beautiful spirit on his part.” “Yes, it did: but after studying the situation he concluded that nobody need- ed it any worse than he did, so he kept it." HE COULDN'T KEEP A DOLLAR. He couldn’t keep a dollar; someway, heé seemed to note That some other fellow needed the dol- lar more than he; And so his fond relations, with no dis- senting vote, Decided he was blacker than the fam- ily sheep should be. He meant to keep the dollar; he really aid, you know, But along would come a vagrant with a hard-luck song, And, before he really knew it, he would let the dollar go, And, of course, we all must 'twas iniquitously wrong. notice He never kept a dollar—I write the words with tears— For always there were claimants who, he thought, could use it best; And when this sheep of blackness reached the limit of his yvears, "Twas the money of another that laid his bones to' rest. But sometimes T am hoping that the end with him'was well, For T am not quite forgetting what to all men should ba clear, That the Christ whose princely glory our palatial churches tell, Did never keep a shekel while he lin- gered with us here. Editor — Who wrote that account of the De [ Shr paitor—The sporting T, Managing Editor—I thought so. He says that the bridal Mnuh met at the hitching- way | | prettily decorated and a merry time en- Mrs. John Harold Phillips will be hostess at a tea to-day, making the debut of her niece, Miss Adelene Johnson, who is the guest of Mrs. Phillips for ter. v e - } Mrs. William J. Dutton and Miss Mol- lie are among to-day's hostesses. Their apartments at the Palace will be filled with bridge guests. & . . Miss Elsa Draper will entertain at a tea to-day in homor of Miss Frances Stewart and Miss Ursula Stone. « s The wedding of Miss Edith Downing apd Dr. Benjamin Jones Edger will take place this evening in Grace Church, mili- to be a feature. There tary aj will be a large brld.xl traln. . was host at a dinner last Friday even- ing in honor of his flancee, Miss Beatrice Splivalo. The affair was held on board the revenue cutter Bear, Iying off Sau- , besides the Baijs; the guests, including. | Painter is the fiancee of George Engle- | hardt. Bear’s officers, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Spli- valo, Miss Splivalo, Miss Nana Mighell, A. W. Splivalo and Raymgnd Splivale. o Mrs. Malcolm Henry was hosiess at a delightful tea on Sunday afternoon in honor of Mrs. W. W. Dixon of Montana, whe is spending the winter at the St. Francis. Among the gathering were Ma- jor and Mrs. Charles Krauthoft, Captain and Mrs. Charles Plummer Perkins, Mrs. Linda Bryan, Mrs. Louis Brechemin, Miss Marguerite Gros, Miss Maye Col- burn, Miss Florence Ives, Miss Maybelle Toy; Colonel Jocelyn, Colonel Runyon. Dr. Pressley, €merson Warfleld . and Mr. Kosakevitch. o . . Miss Mary Marriner entertained Miss Ursula Stone at a very enjoyable tea yes- | ferday afternaon, the callers numbering nearly a hundred, whose last opportu- | nity it was for seeing Miss Stone be- fore her departure for the Philippines. The Marriner flat on Vallejo street was | sued, even though saying farewell was | regretful, for Miss Stone sails on Batur- ! day with her mother, and will become | the bride of Lieutenant Shean upon { reaching Manila. | Receiving with Miss Marriner were Miss Stone, Miss Roberta Deal, Miss | Marcia Warren, Miss Emily Marwin, Miss Aubrey Lewis, Miss Mary Sweigert, | Miss Jane Sweigert and Miss Rachel Warren. PR Mrs. Ernest Albert Stent entertained yesterday afternoon at the second card affair in honor of Miss Gladys Clark of New York, who is spending the win- ter here. Five hundred and bridge divided the NEW YORK-SAN FRANCISCO—O. L., City. The difference in time between | New York and San Francisco is 2 hours, | 13 minutes and 39 seconds. VOTING AGE—Subscriber, City. For the purpose of voting a citizen cbtains his majority on the day preceding the twenty-first anniversary of his birth. OLD BULLION—Subscriber, City. It was United States Senator Thomas Ha~t Benton of North Carojna who was known by the name of Oid Bullion. He was given that name on account of his conservatism in finance. THE AUTHOR—C. L. V., City. The author of the quotation asked for a few days since is Shelley in a letter to Maria Gisborne, in which .he wrote: “Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, yet let's be merry.” This in- formation has been kindly furnished this department by Mrs. W. M. S. STAMPS — Constant Reader, City. The following is given as the so-called language of stamps: ‘ Upside down on left corner—I Yove you. Same torner, crosswise—My heart is another’s. Btraight up and down—Good-by, sweetheart. Upside down on right corner—Write no more. In the middle, at right-hand edge— Write immediately. In center, at top—Yes. Opposite, at bottom—No, On right-hand corner, at right angle j —Do you love me? In left-hand cormer—I hate ycu. Top corner, at the right—I wish your friendship. Bottom corner, at left—I seek your acquaintance. On line with surname—Accept my love. The same, upside down—I am en- i gaged. At right angle, same place—I long to See you. STANDARD PIME—O. L, City. Ae- cording to standard time the United States, extending from 65 degrees to ' 125 degrees west longitude, is divided into four time sections, each of 15 de- grees of longitude, exactly equivaleat to one hour, commencing with tne 75th meridian. The first (eastern) section includes all territory between the At- lantic Coast- and an irregular line | drawn from Detroit to Charleston, S. C., the latter being its most southern point. The second (central) section includes all the territory between the last- named line and an irregular line from Bismarck. N. D, to the mouth of the Rio Grande. The third (mountain) sec- tion includes all territory between the last-named line and nearly the western borders of Idaho, Utah gnd Arizona. I-The fourth (Pacific) section covers the ' . LINGER HERE 'A WHILE AND HAVE A MORNING SMILE NOT VISIBLE TO THE NAKED | Landlady—Why do you look 80 at the soup? Is there any- thing in it? % Boarder—I don’t know. T foolishly left my microscope in my trunk, " THE SMART SET BY SALLY SHARP. | Harry Nathaniel Gray, . the win- | Benton Darragh, Mrs. Frederick Spen- | Harry Sears Bates, Miss Agnes | chanan, Miss Gertrude ' Alice Sullivan, Miss Ethel Shorb, Miss Lieutenant Walter Rawlés Shoemaker | vided honors Sunday afternoon gttention of the guests, of whom there were a large number, including Mrs. cer Palmer, Miss Viva Nicholson, Mrs. Kenneth Lowden, Mrs. Willlam Lind- sley Spencer, Mrs. George Beveridge, Mrs. James Bishop, Mrs. Mansfleld Lovell, Mrs. Covode, Mrs. William Rodgers, Mrs. Grayson Dutton, Mrs. Bu- Palmer, Miss Florence Cole, Miss Georgile Spieker, Miss Alice Treanor, Miss Mabel Waz- kins, Miss Bessie Wilson and Miss Edith Cutter. oG Miss Alice Poorman, who left yester- day for a year's tour of Europe, di- with Miss Lysbeth Painter at a tea given by Miss Edna J. Montgomery at her home (on Sacramento street. Nearly 150 guests called during the afternoon, which was delightful. Miss Echoes of the great football game reached New York, where, upon news of the outcome. the Stanford Club, making merry, offered many jolly and enthusiastic toasts upon the triumph of its alma mater. . . James D. Phelan, who has recently returned from a tour through Burope, spent a large portion of the time au- tomobiling through France, Spaln and Germany. A filne new Mercedes, or- dered by Mr. Phelan in Unter-Turk- heim, Germany, arrived a day or two ago and he anticipates much pleasure in its use. It is bullt for sevem. «- o e Mr. and Mrs. James W. Neill and Miss Violet Neill, who have occupied apartments at the Palace for a long time, have gone to Monroyia to spend the winter. Their friends will regret to learn that Miss Violet's serious in- disposition has made this change nec- | essary. s ese Mrs. Warren Olney and Miss Olney of Oakland, who have been touring Europe for over a year, have arrived in New York and are at the Breslin. o w e Mrs. L. E. Lerry and Miss May Lerry are guests of Mrs. Lerry's son-In-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Walter D. Coffey. e’k Mrs. Jabish Clement has taken a ! house in Oakland for the winter, hav- ing recently returned fromi a six months’ outing. e —————— ANSWERS TO QUERIES rest of the country to the Pacific Coast. Standard time is uniform inside each of these sections, and the time of each dif- fers from that next to it by exaetly one hour. Thus at 12 noon in New York City (eastern time), the time at Chi- cago (central time) is 11 o'clock a. m.; at Denver (mountain time), 10 o’clock a. m., and at San Francisco - (Pacific time), § o'clock a. m. Standard time is 16 minutes slower at Boston than true local time, 4 minutes slower at New York, $ minutes faster at Washington, 19 minutes faster at Charleston, 28 min- utes slower at Detroit, 18 minutes fast- er at Kansas City, 10 minutes slower at Chicago, 1 minute faster at St. Louis, 28 minutes faster at Salt Lake City, and 10 minutes faster at San Francisco. NO TRACES OF RADIUM ORE FOUND IN KERN COUNTY To the Editor of The Call: Some time since H. C. Jomes of Kern County called at the State Mining Bu- reau and stated that he had found in Kern County a deposit of radium bear- ing ore, and that he possessed photo- graphs which he had taken by means of this ore. Samples of the ore were left at the bureau, and an examination of the samples has developed the fact that none of the sampies contain any trace of ra- dium. As a great amount of publicity has been given to this reported discovery, and to correct any impression that may have been gained that radium bearing ore has been found in Kern County, I trust you will publish this letter. L. E. AUBURY, State Mineralogist. San Francisco, Nov. 18 —_—— e PLACING THE BLAME. John Philip Sousa was condemming the voice of a comic opera comedian. “It is such a voice,” he said, smiling. “‘as belonged to a young man whom I knew in my boyhood days in Washing- ton. “Ode night at a men's party, this young man sang a solo. It was execra- ble. In the midst of the hideous racket, bluff old Squire Baer entered. “Squire Baer sat down and folded his hands on the knob of his stout stick. He waited patiently till the young man had finished. Then he said to him: ‘* “Well, boy, I don’t blame you. You did your best. But if I knew the man who asked you to sing I'd crack him over the head with this club.’ "—Phila delphia Bulletin. ———— Townsend's California glace fruits and choicest candies in artistic fire- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market. * —_———— B srem information supplied daily to usiness houses and public men by tb Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), Ii)’Ca'llli(j fornia street. Telephone Main 1842. * Baxes— WASN'T ACROBATIC. Miss Prue Dent—Papa says you are improvidemt and that he will never consent to my marrying a man that is unable to make both ends meet.” Orville Hardupe—Well, T'm afraid I shall never be able to do so. I'm no countortionist. Goodci'-h&