The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1906, Page 26

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1906. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL SPRECKEIS. ..ccoo0ceee sssssvsssssssssssssissss, . Proprietor JOHN D. ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN MCNAUGHT.....ccccovesncesoses +THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO JUSTICE SHOULD CLEAN HOUSE. ublic and the press cannot be indifferent to current inci- the various courts of Alameda County. We have com- 1t was an act hostile afety of every woman , and under the law assailant of women in that city. 1 good order, that endangered the s muni y. But it was the act of a j The culprit goes free, wit tever that may be worth. have propriety and decency recovered from that shock n such form as to suggest that justice should Deputy County Clerk is arraigned for trial cent assault on a woman. for trial the next day. Before court is 1g a juror tells the District Attorney that he hear the ev To dismiss him at that point means di ry, and that means t once in jeopardy. There is no course left for the > order the juror to sit and the trial to proceed. of the incident. Behind it is a record aning a necessity to serve the ends of justice. on under the city government, pa himself by keeping a saloon. r the crime of murdering his own herewith. r Clerk who is now on trial for inde- clerk in the trial of this wife murderer. of the juror, is alleged to have said that suffer by having her husband on the lerk, while an officer of the court, befriended means that may be used to em- The establishment of the County That office furnishes the deputies They keep the judicial records, manipulate inister oaths, and do the clerical executive 1ey do this impartially and feel their respon- he court, the agents of justice, the servants of But if they have an eye to the votes that may class of clannish voters, then they leave open 1 i 1 that they “befriended” murderers and mis I in the courts of which they are the sworn officers. Ala a County simple enough to believe that it rs the ex-court clerk to trial by a jury of which the murderer he “befriended” officially is a any one simple enough to believe that it was accident that juror's communication until after the jury was thereby laying the foundation for the plea of once in mistrial ? liarly unfortunate that these incidents, revolving , have all occurred in cases of assault upon women. vates the tion. If the cases were on the civil ing rights of property, the feeling would be dif- 1ey were on the criminal docket involving crimes against roperty, the public and the press might pass them over, hat feeling of horror and disgust which is inspired by at- wome sibility as officers of t it is well and no mercy. If he plead drunkenness, it is If his friends plead social light, a club man, member of fraternal s only unyielding justice, for he has offended also al order to which he belongs. e do not believe in sensational “sleuthing” by newspapers, onal charges in the pulpit. But we do believe it the press to protect the fountains of justice and the safety y proper appeals to public sentiment in such cases as bench have labor enough in the trial of cases to f court rulings on the law, to the end that they on an appeal. But it is the duty of somebody s, political appointees, are not making politics befriending” criminals and making themselves vith the relatives of uxoricides. Casting an anchor to wind- that way is inimical to justice and an offense against the and not a palliation of his crime. It is the duty of somebody to rouse public opinion to watch- fulness of court proceedings as far as they are influenced by officers bordinate to the bench. The county of Alameda is put to the f ial, in the case under review, that will be useless. murderer has ended in the forced acceptance of a » who after his oath is taken avows himself incapable of being ed the evidence. This means that a second trial and a plicate expense to the taxpayers must come. It means that the of Oakland is humiliated by having this costly juror on its ed list of municipal officers. Tt means that public opinion must d to this criminal trifling with the safety of women, and of oaths. We pass no opinion on the alleged guilt of the accused in the case at bar. The fact of impressive interest lies in the incidents that surround the trial of the case. Let there be a house cleaning will cleanse the administration of justice of the suspicions now attend it. The courts themselves will welcome the as- e of an aroused public opinion. by that TO IMPROVE OUR CONSULAR SERVICE. X OMPETITION for foreign markets is ever growing more cager, and this fact makes it of increasing importance that our con- sular service be efficiently conducted. The report of Mr. Lodge, rom the Committee on Foreign Relations, recommending the new Il for that purpose, points out defects in the old system and de- le ways for the rebrganization of the consular service so em- ically and clearly that the passage of the bill seems most de- rable. Either that or some similar measure for improvement should surely be promptly adopted; and it is surprising that the evils stated to be existing should have so long been tolerated. The principal improvements contemplated by the bill are the classification of consular offices in grades, so the President, for the good of the service, could transfer men to the positions to which their abilities best fit-them; to establish a regular inspection servica to inspect consulates just as national banks are looked into by bank examiners; to insist that all the important clerks in the consulates shall be Americans; to prevent Consuls from charging fees for legal services, and from being participants in the fees of other lawyers to whom they sent clients who have rightly applied to the consulate for advice: to cut off the custom of Consuls being partly compen- sated by fees, and make their payment a question of ameunt of salary wholly : to restrain the abuse that has .existed in the matter of fees for certifying invoices by which abuse people engaged in small transactions have paid proportionately much more for support of the service than have those who do a large business, and to forbid Consuls to tramsact any side line business, as merchant, agent, broker, lawyer, etc. . The need of these proposed inspectors to supervise the consul- afes is very desirable on the same principle as that which safeguards our national banks. The consulates are so far distant from our people’s observation and criticism that the inspectors are almost more necessary than for institutions that are right under our eyes. At present the only way in which the heads of the Government learn of the mismanagements of the Consuls who are shrewd and unscru- pulous is by the chance reports from travelers who were well enough informed to know when they were overreached, or patriotic enough C —v......JANUARY a1, 1906 | n the action of a jury in Berkeley which acquitted a | h his character certified by this | The jury is selected and | dence, but cannot find a \‘erdiv:ti hat the accused man goes free | ry got only ten years in the peni- | The lusty beast who is guilty of that offense | } Charley Arizona: “I’ll die firstl” i i THAT FORCED WEDDING'ON THE FRONTIER | Uncle Sam: “Do you take this man ——9” Miss New Mexico: “Not on your lifel” Uncle Sam: “And do you take this woman —?” —CHICAGO INTER OCEAN. —_— . «# Never You Mind, My Dear « i BY A. J. WATERHOUSE H Never you mind, my lad. Whistle a bit in a cheery way; Don't take the time to be sad. Oh, Worry’s a specter of visage grim, First imp on the fiendish list; 5 But smile in his face when you look on him, ! He fades like the morning mist. i — AS the day been dark and the sky been gray? | " Did the dream that you dreamed go somewhat wrong? | Never you mind, my dear. Out of the shadow will float a song. If only your soul will hear. Ay, Worry’s a phantom, and Worry’s a ghoul, And Worry's a_goblin of night. He flees from a smile, but he comes at a scowl, And a sigh is his cruel delight. Oh, I know of the hope that is buried from sight, But bravely we’ll bear it, my dear, For the sunlight is born of the womb of the night, And the comforter ever is near, Yes, bravely we'll bear it, my dear—you and I— And strength to our souls will be given. | Though Worry doth whisper and mufter his lie, Earth swings to the solace of heaven. his confidences. The defeated Democratic candidate for the Lieutenant-Governorship of Massachusetts, Mr. Henry W. Whitney, has, therefore, no grievance against the President because the latter resented Mr. Whitney's publication of the latter's in- terpretation of the President's views of reciprocity. Mr. Whitney in his speeches on the stump pretended to quote from memory statements made in the course of a long conversation with the Presi- dent, nearly a year previous, and mr. Roosevelt justly complained that Mr. ‘Whitney’s language was inaccurate, and that it suppressed some of the things the President had said. Mr. Whitney un- dertook to argue the matter, and the President promptly declined to renew the interview or the conversation.—Leslie's Weekly. ;i T would fain hold vour head on my comforting breast But the battle of each is for each, and the rest Know little that gladdens or cheers. .. And we'll smile through the pitiful rain, <ill the phantom of Worry forever shall flee, | RESPECTING THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT | PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is only multitude of perplexing, annoying and intricate problems that confront much human nature there is in his make- up, he i his temper wonderfully well. in his inicrcourse with his fellow-men. He has cxpected that confldences, ex- him, would be respected. He has not al- ways felt it necessary to admonish in- was not meant for publication. He sup- posed that his interviewers had sufficient | the situation. Newspaper men, with whom the President has always talked with the Till a smile glimmers out through the tears, So we'll both do our best, whatever it be, And we know that ¢’en Sorrow is gain. human after all. Considering the him constantly, and considering how The Pre it has always been outspoken changed in the course of interviews with terviewers that what was said to them common sense to recognize the equities of utmost freedom, have learned to respect —_— to write home about scandalous conditions. The fee system and the making of divide-ups and rake-offs with lawyers to whom our citizens |in foreign lands have been sent because of their confidence in the Consuls’ advice is so richly tempting a way to graft that some severe regulations should be adopted to put an end to it. NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS. HE movement to compel publicity of national campaign do- Tnations will succeed. Congress will compel and regulate such & publicity by law. - The result will be that less money will be given to use in politics. Then there will be less corruption of the ballot. National committees will cease to be the almoners to po- litical hacks and suckers. The people will be less influenced by fireworks and brawling brass bands and sound and fury, and will vote their sober judgment. Corporations will cease their contri- butions, which have usually been given to both parties, for they want a leg in both camps. The whole system of financing a cam- paign will be changed, and very little money will be needed com- pared to what has been used in the past. . But this is not all that should be done. It is now the practice of both national committees to meet and invite bids for the location of the national conventions. Then the large cities, spurred on by rivalry, send delegations to plead and put up a purse for the prize. the highest bidder for cash. This is not only an undignified but it |open bids cash has been offered to committeemen for their votes, and it is likely that some have been sold. We do not know that legislation can reach this scandal, but it can be reached by an agree- ment between the national committees that they will locate the conventions without appealing to rivalry or asking bids, and that ;“o‘ tmoncymconfid:ruion wul::l b: a&l:cepte . With this done, and pub- icity as to funds compe! aw, we may e decent lcamp_aigns hereafter, et g b i g The location is practically auctioned off and is knocked down to| ——————— | FUN FROM YONKERS. I — Ahead of the Game.—Yeast—Is he be- hind with his tailor? Crimsonbeak—No; ahead, I belleve. NoimMuch Account.—Patience—Is she in the ?. he's three suits Patrice—Yes, she is represented by one of the ciphers. That Gasoline!'—Redd—What sense is most used in motoring, do you think? Greene—Oh, the sense of smell, I guess. Church Friends.—Church—Are you ac- quainted with Flatbush? Gotham—Oh, yes; why, we sleep in ad- Jolning pews. Cause and Effect.—Bill—I called a doctor a liar yesterday. Jill—And then they had to call another doctor, I suppose. Evident.—Little Millie—Did you tell your mother you had a good time at my birth- day party? Little Willie—I didn’t have to. sick for two days. I was The Last Word.—Yeast—Who gets the last word at your house? Crimsonbeak—Well, my wife usually has it, but I get it. Tried.—Mrs. Church—Did you try that cook I 'spoke to you about? Mrs. Gotham—*Try her? Why, she tried me beyond all patience! Explained.—Bacon—I see your company has increaged its capital? Egbert—Yes, I guess the President is going to raise his salary. The Place to Look.—Redd—I see a new automobile is called the Wether. Greene—Well, we may soon expect to see a lot of men under the Wether. Owed to the Mayor.—Bacon—Out West they have elected a tailor Mayor of a city. Egbert—Plenty of men in ‘that eity, I suppose, can refer feelingly to “what we owe to our Mayor!” Meters and Meteors.—“Pop!"” ‘“Yes, my son.” ’ “Is a meter and a meteor the sams thing?"” “No, my boy; a meter is a thing which is supposed to tell the amount of gas a man uses, and a meteor is something which comes down from the sky. Nobody ever knew a gas meter to do anything but g0 up.” ‘Why She Was Shocked.—Patience—Has he got a mustache? Patrice—Certainly he has a mustache. “Well, you know there is electricity in hair; so that accounts for it.” “Accounts for what? What on earth are you talking about?” “Why, you said you were shocked when "'—Yonkers Statesman. Lives there a man who has not said, “To-morrow I'll get out of bed At 6 o’clock and get things done Before the setting of the sun.” Lives there a man who has not said, At 6 a. m., “How good this bed Does feel,” and snores till after 8, Then wondered how he slept so late. —Woman's Home Companion, LOOKED SUSPICIOS. Mrs. Jymes—I had unexpectedly good luck yesterday in looking for a flat, I found an apartment-house where the rooms ‘are elegant, the rent reasonable and the agent doesn’t object to children, Mrs. Blykely—Mercy! I hope you didn’t agree to take it. There must be something wrong with the neighborhood.—Chicago Tribune. —_— “THE PIONEER.” N next Sunday's Call begins Geraldine Bonner's famous novel, “The Pioneer,” which deals interestingly with the bonanza days in California and ‘Nevada, This story is full of :flrrln‘ action that will quick- y appeal to the Westerner. | A GOOD FAIRY. l _— e} R F all good fairies round the house,. Good Nature is the sweetest; And where she fans her airy wings 1 The moments fly the flectest. And other fairies, making cheer, With her are gayly present; They shine like sunbeams in the place, ‘And make mere living pleasant. The smiles she gives are rosy light Shed; softly on'the wearer; : They ma&e a plain face sometimes fair. ‘And make a fair face fairer. Before them dark Suspicion flies, And Envy follows after, And Jealousy forgets |t§elf. And Gloom is lost in laughter. Were there great genius or great power, Great wealth, great beauty offered, Let pass these fays, dear heart, but keep All the Good Nature proffered! 5 —HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD in St. Nicholse. ————} — | RATLROAD AN 60T A “HUNCE" FROM JOHN GATES | et (43 H 'OW much Colorado Coal and Iron This question was propounded to a chalkmarker in a stock- morning, says the Buffalo correspondent of the Wasbington Post. The board boy replied: “Well, C. F. L is 47%, and you couldn’t might buy ten shares on a margin If you could raise the limit to $100, which is the “Can’t do 1t,” replied the stranger. Only got $25 left from my salary.” ployed to send speculators into bucket shops, but when I want to take a flyer to put in $ with me, and with our com- bined capital of $10 we buy ten shares up- “How much can I buy with $25 In a bucket shop?” asked the stranger. ries it three-quarters of a point, includ- ing the commissions, and you wouldn't swipe you out in one sale,” saild the chalker. the inside. Did you ever hear of John W. Gates?” “I'm a rallroad man just in with my train from New York,” said the stranger. evening the conductor told me about a distinguished passenger being in state- stock. plunger, en route to Chicago. “Later I seated myself in the smoking ing up my report before pulling into Albany. There were two strangers pull- younger of the two remark: “‘Mr. Gates, that was a good jump in “My ears were, of course, in a recep- tive condition, but, mind you, I was ap- stock can I purchase with $252 broker’s office in Elllott square the other sized up the new customer a second and buy quite Lalf a share cash; but you least margin we take.” “Sorry, but say—of comrse, I'm not em- in the market myself I get the other kid stairs in a bucketshop.” “Twenty-tive shares, but that only car- have a run for your money. She might “Don’t vou think it; I've got it from “Well, I should smile.” “Coming down from New York Sunday< room A: that it was John W. Gates, the room of the Pullman and was busy mak- ing at their cigars. Presently I heard the Tennessea last week? parently very busy with my train report. Mr. Gates knocked the ashes from his cigar, crossed his legs and remarked to his friend: “'Yes, 40 points up made us a nice profit. Now, when I reach Chicago. it the right parties are willing, I think we ecan move up Colorado Fuel 10 points. “Well, I overheard him tell this friend that he would return tg New York M day night, and I therefore look for -i thing to happen to-day, which is Tu day. The chalk marker took the tralnman into the bucket ;h:p. C:’ l‘.t Ltludm clondm at 47% the day before. Just a a with a l‘oghorn voice announced: “They’re off!” After a few stocks had appeared on the ticker tape this sale was announced: Tl buy 25 shares,” sald the stranger. You're on,” sald the broker, and then, incidentally, remarked: ‘“All the tinhorm gamblers down in —'s office are buying, too. Looks weak, however; afrald you are on the wrong side, and we like to see new customers win, you know."” ““If you are standing on my trades, bet- ter hedge "em,” replied the man of the red lamps, I've got a tip from Gates. Get aboard yourself." Just tgen the ticker man called out: “Five hundred C. F. L at 1%, 1000 at %5 %, 48 for 1500.”" A smile appeared on the countenance of rallroader. m‘?she's working, boys! Get aboard the band wagon,” he said. I:dvn not many minutes before the tip had reached every broker’s office in Buf- falo. The,chalker who received the first information imparted his tip to a 100- share trader, and the latter purchased 500 shares at different prices. It is ru- mored that the boy got $100 for his tin. The rallroad man was obliged to go out on his train that night and closed his 2§ shares at the close of the market, which was 521. Deducting the commission, he cashed in $15625 for his $25. He should have held on for Wednesday, becau F. L sqld at 54% before 11 o'clock the lowing day. “Well, it didn’t hurt John Gates any as T see,” remarked the happy knight of the lanterp, “and it made a happy Christmas for me.” ] A SENSATION IN COMPARATIVE PEDAGOGY. | MOST remarkable piece of educa- A tional investigation has recently been accomplished at Springfield, Mass., which goes far toward de- ciding the question as to whether or not the schools of our fathers and grandfath- ers, with their narrow curricula, produced better spellers and better cipherers than the present-day schools, with their more elaborate programmes, writes Ossian H Lang in the Forum. It came about in this way: Some eight years ago, in clean- ing out the garret of the old high school in Springfield, there was found, in a rub- bish heap, a bound volume containing spelling tests and examination questions, with answers, of the year 1846. Dr. Baliet, to whose work as superintendent is due the exceptionally good name of the city’'s schools, placed the volume in his safe, and, on leaving Springfleld, brought it to the attention of Mr. Riley, a very effi- cient and keen-sighted grammar-school principal. Mr. Riley at once recognized the peculiar value of the find, and made it the basis of a series of educational tests which established, beyond reason- able doubt, the superiority of the work of the modern elementary schools over thosc of sixty years ago. The results of his tests were published in the Springfleld Republican and reprinted in the School Journal. Since the appearance of The Forum ar- ticles on needed lines of educational re- search this is probably the most import- ant contribution to tangible pedagogy. For the want of testimony such as this, there has been no end of lamentation over the decline of the efficiency of the schools in the so-called “practical” branches. We have been told in season and out of sea~ son that spelling and arithmetic were never more poorly taught than at present, and the only salvation was to be found in a return to the Three-R fleshpots of old. Now comes the awful disillusionment of the pleaders for the ways of the fath- ers. There Is no getting away from the cold logic of the tests supplied by Mr, Riley. He shows that the pupils attend- ing the present-day grammar schools of Springfield not only do much better in arithmetic, but spell petter than their forebears in 1846. The results of the investigation confirm emphatically the contention of Dr. J. M. Rice to the effect that increase of the time devoted to the three R's does not produce corresponding increase of efficlency. Hig researches established that spelling and arithmetic may be as successfully taught where a rich curriculum is In force as where the programme conflnes fitsel 3 the narrowest possible limit. In spidf of the comprehensiveness of his proofs people sought shelter behind assertions going back of present conditions to tha t, claiming that, whatever may be said of the schools of to-day, those of the past grounded the children more thoroughly in the so-called “essentials.” This prop of comfort must feel rather shaky the Springfleld examination. ANSWERS T0 VARIOUS QUERIES. MILITARY ACADEMY —S., Presidio, Cal. The earliest record of a military academy is that of the one known as Brest and Toulon, France, 1682, . PREMIUM COINS—A. 8, City. The only United States quarters that com- mand a premium are those of 1796, 1804, 1815 to 1828 inclusive, and 1853 (the last described must be without ar- row heads at that date). O'BRIEN-JACKSON—A. 0. 8, City. “Philadelphia” Jack O'Brien, in his fight in this city with “Young Peter Jackson,” in 1900, was knocked partly through the ropes. The bout was stopped in the thirteenth round and Jackson was declared the winner. GRAFTING—C. B., Martinez, Cal. There are many formula for preparing wax to be used in grafting fruit trees, but the most common in use is made in the fol- lowing proportions: Melt one pound of resin over a gentle fire, together with half pound of beef or mutton tallow; when well dissolved set aside and add the turpentine; keep stirring until the turpen- tine has incorporated, and then it is ready for use, or it may be set aside for future use. NO APOLOGY—Subscriber, Sacramen- to, Cal. This correspondent writes as fol- lows: “Here is a tangle for you to unravel. It has put a whole house at outs. A couple come to the table and as soon as they sit down they are in the habit of putting their lips together and it's smack, noyed by their conduct, and that If they have no respect for. themselves they should have for others. Now, mind you, this is not the regulation kiss such as is given on meeting or on parting, but it is continuous smacking: till each runs out of breath. Are such actions to etiquette? Was I, uader the eircum- stances, gullty of ungentiemanly conduct in leaving the table? Was I right in say- ing such acts should be in private? From whom is the apology due?” Under the circumstances you had & right to leave the table. You have a right to leave the table at any time if you feel sick, and such conduet must have made you feel so. No work on eti- quette sanctlons such actions. If two people want to make fools of themselves you are not required to apologize to them because you had the courage to show your displeasure at their conduct. Peo- ple who act as they do probably have sense to know that they owe you the others at the table an apology. TACH 10 8 TASE Augustus Hare, writing a reminiscent sketch of a friend of his, Mrs. Duncan Stewart, remarked that to the end days she was the magnet for all sorts and varieties of people. Without the le: fort she eclipsed her juniors, partly be- cause she was always thinking of others, and partly because she was absorbingly interested in the present moment. This lady possessed in g very remark- able degree the fine art of t, a Story. She was once the guest of the King of Hanover, who was blind, The blind King delighted in her conversation, and she saved up every interesting story she heard to tell him. One day they were tak- ing a drive . Suddenly the horses started and the carriage seemed about o upset. “Why do you not go on with your story?” the King. “Because, sir. the carriage s just going to upset.” That is the coachman's affair,” said the King. “You go on with your story.""—Margaret S:ma'. in Woman's Home Compan- —— Townsend's California glaeo W P-iu- in e boxes. New store,