The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCOCA 2 JONN D. SPRECKEIS.. ++ev2nnsn e PrOpriCOr Manager b SRR " e ; . ..JANUARY 15, 1906 e T WANT To BUY A NEW SUIT OF LOTHES, IM IN A HURRY AND IM HARD TO FIT AS | HAVE FITS OCCASIONALLY OF THE BAZAZZAS CURRENT TRADE CONDITIONS. l business situation was much quieter last’ week. The ex- | T itement over the high rates for call money with which the new | r was ushered in has subsided, the rates are down to 4 to 3 flowing back from the country at large into the rate of about $7,000,000 for the week, includiug" 1,100,000 by telegraph alone from San Francisco. This re- the heretofore strained financial situation, . ent, with mone x of funds has relieved he whole country to breathe easier. were any especial feature last week it was the continua- ble market in Wall street.” The wave of specula- ; the makers of the market are just as confident s r, or at least profess to be, that we are to see still higher | i 1 body else to jump into the stocks, and they are going in one after another | historic flock of sheep. Where this mad rush | , or when, or how, would be interesting to | is advising ever the denouement will come some time. | v high prices for both railway and | lividends are being steadily increased all along the wes stocks will continue to advance. | dividends must come from earnings 1ings are but another name for in- increased earr t the country they necessarily show a an already unprecedented expanded condi- and until they do, or in more familiar vertakes consumption, business will be | mal stock market active, and if not be made to do so artificially. Optimism | sing easily s r s classes the general sentiment seems to be:| I s rink ar merry; after us the deluge; to-morrow i 5 | TE eature is the increased railroad building. Several as the Union Pacific and.St. Paul, have entered the | several others are pushing westward in ex- with San Francisco the ob- resent indications San Fran- Iroad outlets she requires in the course of h renders the commercial outlook for this railroads mean for San Francisco reight passenger rates, more money | the financial and commercial world. It is oad extension which is causing much of railroad shares in New York. | Pacific Coast, More in | nection it is not amiss to remark that the growth of | the West has not kept pace with the growth of During the decade the railroad mileage | which is less than the increase in | the roads increased over 100 per | which must be filled, hence the | n the railroad point of view. This is an argu- oyed by the stock market bulls in their predictions | railroad shares, and it must be confessed | i argument to controvert. [ wuch change in general business conditions | The staples, such as cotton, grain, iron and steel, g materi leather and footwear and other cloth- | a good movement, with the cottony; woolen, steel | inning up to their full capacity as a rule. The bank v gained 31.2 per cent over the corresponding , with the aggregate clearings reaching the enormous | 3,813 0. The reports of clearings from the Pacific| ies were ticularly brilliant. The failures for the week against 324 last year. stributive trade of the country continues on a large scale. ith collections generally prompt everywhere. There is less com- of car shortage, though some sections are still demanding d engines to transport their merchandise. This is a wdication of the current activity in business. | of the week in California was the generous rain, all over the State, and imparted a wholly new aspect iltural, mercantile and industrial situation. This soft rain means a restoration of pasturage, increased acreage into | improved conditions in orchards and vineyards, more power s and electric plants, and in brief is a blessing all around y insures another fine year. g California has certainly nothing to complain of as ness outlook is concerned. We can now go ahead our plans with a fair prospect of seeing them succeed later on, ertainty and doubt attendant on the recent long cold weather can be forgotten. ast ten years. 18 per cent the tonnage o economic gap he 3 par: more cars a MUNICIPAL SOCIAL CENTERS. OCIALIZATION of the public school is a work in which the women of San Francisco are much interested. The Local Council of Women, which represents a large number of the ntial clubs of the city, has been busily at work for the ent of conditions in the schools, and a committee of that has issued a report upon the special feature of betterment they believe would result from the establishment of municipal sC centers as an important adjunct to our educational system. The council has for the past year been making a systematic re- search for facts concerning our public schools. They have studied the progress made in other large cities of the United States and in foreign countries, and they find by this comparison that one of the provements we much need is this matter of socialization. Development of this line is'accomplished by means of school gardens in vacant lots; more playgrounds under skilled supervision; vacation schools where knowledge different from that got from books S during the regular term is made a feature of pleasant change and added powers; more and bigger assembly rooms where evening lec- tures could be enjoyed; and gymnasiums where under competent tors the health and physical development of the boys and ris would be promoted. Through all these agencies the further and general betterment of an aroused spirit of socialization would naturally result. The frequent coming together of young folks bent on an aM-round im- provement of themselves and of their environment would develop friendliness, perfect character by mutual contacts of ambitious mindé. provide the stimulus of good-natured emulation and foster that great civilizing force, co-operation. It is a good work these women’s clubs are advocating, and it should by all means be encouraged. In the season of good resolutions the ex-insurance magnates from Chauncey Depew up are probably registering earnest vows that they will never again be caught with the goods on them.—Pittsburg Gazette. AR XN 1f Croesus had only $10,000,000,. as Congressman Sulzer alleges, he would hardly have risen to the dignity of an octopus if he had lived at the present time.—Kansas City Journal. e S “Judge” Andrew Hamilton has gone to Bad Nauheim to take the waters, but his former associates are remaining in Bad New York to take their medicine.—Pittsburg Gazette. —_— President Roosevelt has made several new enemies lately, increasing the estcem in which he is held by the American people.—Pittsburg Dis- patch. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1906. | SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY. ANITY in a woman l_n bad enough, but conceit in a man is worse. \% A T}‘ae trouble of being a peacemaker is that you are liable to be accused of but- ng in. The average womarn, does love o boast of having sat up with the sick. A man is too stiff to keep step with the fashions after he is 40, but a woman will keep pace till she is 75. . Your successes in life have a provoking faculty of looking as if they just hap- pened so. The sensation of blushing would be a familiar one to most of us if we knew how often we were thought a nuisance. After a man reaches 45 he is to old to buy anything on the installment plan that it takes more than six weeks to pay for. As a general thing, those who refresh their souls every morning by memoriz- ing a bit of poetry are late to work and lose their jobs, and can afterward take a whole day to it.—Atchison, Kans., Globe. — ' MIRROR OF DAME FASHION. THE LONG-COATED SUIT, HE princess effect which is dominating the present T rled out attractively in the long-coat suits. ..;'y.}:; y;:mu;: seam, between the armseye and neckline, adds greatly to the graceful curves, tends much toward diminighing'the size of the waistline. In this seam runs from the shoulder line to the hem of the garment, form of an inverted pleat stitched down to a couple of inches ‘waistline, and pressed flatly from thence to the he the back seams, only the side inverted pleat, treated s are cut U shape to the bust line, with & little chemisette. o braided in black. The leg o' mutton sleeve has a high cuf of the same, while the buttons are The |Hn'|:!&m? ffm cut walking length, of ‘wel . ; ight hflrultzlj.h‘ ‘which rg EF FFELEH -+ Around the Earth. T WAS from the Britishers that we l learned the art of scientific naviga- tion, and from their mighty navy that we modeled ours that fought the battle of the Sea of Japan. How great is our Indebtedness to England!— Jij1, Tokio. Until the chauffeur appeared among us, there seemed no more wicked per- son on earth tha butler, and no one more trying to the nerves than a mald; but we now know that to lowest depths there is a deeper still; and that when once you are in the power of a chauf- feur your peace has flown.—The World, London. Irish journalists, statesmen, warriors, promoters, party bosses, leaders of every kind In all parts of the English- speaking world attest the fact that the Irishman is first and foremost the man with ideas.—Public Opinion, New York. Neverg§before has there been so much ready money in Manchuria. In bygone years trade was all done, or nearly so, by promissory notes; but owing to two huge armies, both spending money lav- {shly for local products, money {s plentiful everywhere. The very battle- fields south of Mukden are rich with corn.—Times, Peking, In a Bengal hospital recently the doctor had door mat a bear's skin which in a few weeks was picked ab- solutely bare. Whatever diseases the patients complained of, they regarded the acquisition of a few hairs from.that skin as of much more importance than all the drugs in the British pharmaco- poela.—Statesman, Calcutta. Pickings From Puck. In 1920.—Visitor—I suppose there is & history connected with that spade? Museum Attendant—There is, sir; it s one of our greatest curiosities. That spade ‘was actually used to dig with at Panama. Perfect System.—Crawford—Is there such a thing as a safe gamble? Crabshaw—Well, there are our high fin- anciérs, who take a chance with other people’s money. Age of Graft.—Auntie—Sing ‘Pat-a- Cake, Pat-a-Cake, Baker's Man,” Charlie. Charlie—Not a note till I've negotiated for the phonograph rights. Tempers and Jewels.— ‘They say a fash- jonable crowd is almost invariably bad- tempered.” “Much in the same way, I fancy, that fashionable people often wear paste jew- els.” “I don’t quite see that.” “Well, of course, where people’s tem- pers are bad they don’t so much mind Icsing them.” . The Unexpected.—Office Boy—Thers's a policy-holder wants to see you about— ‘Ptesident—Throw him out! The Mob.—“Well?” “Qh, don’t ask me! I'm so disgusted with myself for having come! It's a per- fect crush!” . “No!"" “Yes! Think of there being only $200,- THE MOTHER WEST. X HAVE lived too long with my | Mother West I To care for the Eastern land, | For I drew life’s milk from her mighty | breast; She taught me to And my baby eyo:n > r spaces Ser l‘olg.cod carved deeply, the soul to nwz. When the mold of our West he cas Plains that merge in a limitless plain, Mountain on mountain hurled, Infinite leagues of an infinite maln— For giants a glant world. These I have loved since my young, And ever I pald them toll, g And thelr praise I breathed with & isp- ing tongue, For they were my life and soul. Ay, I hid my face on her great, warm . breast, And I loved right well my Mo creep and stand; looked out and saw and vast, 1 heart was ther West. The East has mountains, I hear them say, But lhz mointains are only hills, Wee hillocks that children might use in play, And plains that a hillock trills; And the ocean is only a stage effect, Or so it seemeth to me— But what would you have, or what ex- pect, Ot a gulf from Pacific sea? ‘Tis a tiny world, and I've sometimes felt That its people grow tiny, too, Content as they've still to the gold god knelt, And maddened his will to do; For the soul needs depth, and the soul needs height, And it needs the spaces of God, And it emaller grows when it ceaseless es ‘Where Mammon doth hold the rod. But here we are taught by our Mother West That the soul is all, and vain Is the ¥ rést. Unto him who was born where the world is great The duty is clear and stern To stand as the heir to a god's estate, Nor e’er to the petty turn; He dare not walk with the shoddy crowd ‘Whose lives are a hollow pretense, ‘Whose clamor, “See me!” forever is loud, ‘Whom glitter pof gold contents. For the mountains murmur, straight and tall!” And the wide plains whisper, broad!” And the ocean mutters, small ‘Whom only the small applaud:” And he who doth turn from these regal things ! To the folly and sham of life Shall never stand with the uncrowned kings Who capture the prize of strife. Ay, a thankless heir is he, at the best, To our mother of mothers—the great, broad West. HOW SHE WAS WOOED. “Bthelinda, I love you.” There was no response. “Wilt thou be mine, Ethelinda?” Still the beauteous maiden answered not. “Ob, speak to me, Ethelinda! Say | that you wilt—" “You know perfectly well, Adolphus, that I cannot answer you while you | address me in that manner.” | Then the young man thought and thought, and of a sudden a great light broke. Again his pleading volce was heard. “Ethylyndye,” he entreated, “say that thou wilt be mine.” So the falr maiden confessed her yearnful love. There, there! do not ask me how she knew that he mentally spelled her name wrong in pronouncing it, for I do not %now. But, In the first place, you should remember that a large latitude “Stand “Be “Be not the GOOSE—A. 8, City. The singular of a tailor’s smoothing Iiron is goose. The plural is not geese, but gooses. POKER DICE—R. M., Grayson, Cal. In poker dice the throws rank in the same manner as In the card game. COLOR LANGUAGE—Bella, City. In what is called the color language, red signifies courage; blue, love and fideli- ty; white, Integrity; yellow, inconsist- ency; green, jealousy, and purple, loy- alty. CONGRESS—A, H. L., City. The rec- ord of the members of Congress does not give the religion of the members of both houses of Congress. and as there is not any such record published, this department cannot give the infor- mation asked for. * WHAT HE MEANT-D. M., Conmcord, Cal. In the following paragraph the writer evidently left out words needed to make his meaning clear: “It cannot now be sald of the smartest of the smart as in Solomon's time, that ‘they tofl not, nefther do they spin.'” The addition of the words after “time” in the sentence “as was said of the lilles” would have ' AN ESTATE—B. L. made the sentence correct. - ASSAY—N. G. B, Auckland, Cal. The State Mining Bureau, Franeisco, will tell, without cost, what metal there is in ore submitted to it, but will not give an assay. There are private assay offices in San Francisco. that, for a fee, will give the quality and value of ore. There are United States assay offices at Carson City, and Denver, Colo. If there is an estate In process of settlement and dis- greatest naval commander that the OCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS. , By A. J. Waterhouse. ANSWERS TO VARIOUS QUERIES. A LITTLE LESSON IN ADVERSITY. of imagination is allowed to the writer of a story, and, any way, in the second place, I should think that a girl who has the intellect to spell her name in such a way would have the intellect to detect whether it is pronounced with all the y's in it. And it really does not matter any- way, for they lived happily ever after- ward—that is, until the divorce was secured. A LULLABY. ‘When the sun creepeth down to the west- ern sea— Hushaby, baby, my baby—, The little dream fairies come seeking for thee— Rockaby, baby, my baby— And each Is a fairy so tiny and wee That only the eyes of the bables can see, For each of them all is hidden from me— Hushaby, baby,/my baby. When the stars glimmer out on the man- tle of gray— Hushaby, baby, my baby— The little dream fairles do bear thee away— Rockaby, baby, my baby— And they take thee to lands more won- drously fair Than realms of the earth or realms of the air, And once, long ago, I, too, wandered there— Hushaby, baby. my baby. The moonship is only a shailop of gold— Hushaby, baby, my baby— And you float in that boat till the night has grown old— Rockaby, baby, my baby— Aye, sweetly you float on the Ocean of Sleep, While ever the fairies their vigil do keep, Till straight to my arms in the morning you leap— Hushaby, baby, my baby. “Is he a believer in spirits?™ “Well, I should say so!” “Does ‘he receive any manifesta~ tions?” “It looks that way to an Interested spectator.” “What medium does he prefer?” “Judging by what he calls for when I afm with him, I should say brandy.” “Mrs. Blinks secured her divorce on the ground of incompatability, did she not?" Yenr “Was that the only ground?" “It was as far as the court records indicated, but I understand that its other name was F. Augustus Blivens.” OURS IS THE CHOICE. They built them a palace in Pretense-~ town— Give to them plaudits as soon thou wilt, And when thou hast done it the job's done brown, For just for that chatter the palace was bullt. And many a palace in Pretensetown Is builded that way, as ye well m Just for the envy of dullard or clow Merely for touting of chattering men. They builded a cottage in Comfortville, And the.world all silently passed it by, But love In that cottage Is dwelling still, And blessing and happiness ever are nigh; And ours is the choice If we will—if we will— Blessing to find, or happiness drown: To bufld a cottage in Comfortville, Or a dreary palace In Pretensetown. “De leddy on de hill gib me de glad hand.” “Youse wus in luck, Willte.” “wWell, I don't know. Dere wan't nuttin in it." —_———————— ‘Will Leighton is going out of the dairy business and will seil his stuff at auction. He ought to get quite a price for the faithtul old pump.—Leesville (Mo.) Light. | — tribution in New York and you are unable to obtain any satisfaction from the executor, write to the clerk of the court in which the case is pending and upon receiving the answer submit it to a reputable attorney, togeth with all the facts in your possession, and will advise yo# what to do. This partment does not give legal advice. DENTISTRY—Ambitious, City. Such information as you desire In regard to taking a course in dentistry you can obtain by communicating with the Dental Department of the University of California, at the AMliated Colleges, Parnassus avenue; the Dental Depart- ment of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Fourteenth street, or the California State Dental Association— all located in this city. DOGS—Subscriber, Cedarville, Cal Dogs are property when so declared by law. In California the value of a dog is one dollar. It is evident that in the State of Illinois dogs are not property by reason of nq law on the subject, and that being the case must have been the reason that a judge in Bloom- ington. In that State, recently decided that a dog Is not the subject of lar- . ceny. DESERTERS—Subscriber, City. The ‘War Department of the United States does pay a reward for the appre- hension of a deserter from the army. An order issued December 15, 1905, says: “A reward of $50 will be paid to any civil officer or civillan for the apprehension and delivery to the proper military authorities at a milita- ry station or some other convenient point agreed upon, of any deserter from the military service.” DAVID FARRAGUT, who has been called by more than one authority tho reason, he had to combat not only with vessels, line against line, but aiso with forts, and accomplished success in both lines so admirably, was born on the Tennessee frontier, when that frontler was nothing but a howling wilderness. He himself has narrated that his earliest remem- brance is of the Indlans, who often made attacks on the cabin of the family. Once, when his away, the Indlans attacked the house in larger num- bers than usual, but his mother staved them off and kept them at bay until help came. Such a training hardened the boy into & readiness for emergency. $ His desire was for a naval career. Am‘ with Admiral Porter secured this for readlly than would have been possible under other world has ever known, since, as they father was nearly any him more