The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 29, 1906, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1906. ° THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL D. SPRP’A;KE_Q............ cecsssssssssssssssssssss, . PROprictor ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT.......c0s cteeiieecss.....Manager «+ THIRD AND M;I;;KAET BTI{EF;S‘ SAN FRANCISCO MIDWINTER TRADE STILL ACTIVE. ERE was not much feature to trade last week. The erratic rer, which was abnormally warm for several days, and im- tely afterward extremely cold, with blizzards, rain, snow sleet over the northern half of the country, of course produced e or less effect on general business. The open winter has per- lding operations to proceed with practically no interrup- vhich has been a good thing for lumber, structural material EER fer kinds, labor, etc., but has been detrimental to the for heavy winter clothing and other cold weather neces- es. It has also been beneficial to the railroads by minimizing to traffic, and the result is seen in the large increase in earnings, which are beating the record, those for the first iary ranging from 13 to 15 per cent over those for the rresponding nth in 1905. . figures bear witness to the general activity in trade, or the midwinter season. Thus far there 1l whatever. The exports from the country e increased and the imports decreased, which is the very best ing possible in our foreign commerce. The bank clearings aintain their brilliant exhibit, the aggregate for the " Other ronounced no winter er the same week last year, with all of the large troit showing a gain. Milwaukee, for some local of the leading Pacific Coast cities are excep- The failures for the week were 334, against 305 in ed none of very large liabilities. staples, while exhibiting no striking features, continue in g movement. The warm weather with which the year opened Ited in lower quotations for some winter commodities, but this no bearing of consequence upon the underlying The crops are reported looking well idental and has ns of general business where. Sn crop a m ic Coast have greatly improved crop prospects here, the crop service of the Weather Bureau stating that barring g mishaps abundant harvests in California are practi-4 1 reports of mills fully engaged, many of them | rs booked far ahead into the year, while labor is | ly employed in all sections, with no troubles of mag‘ni-i , nor any menacing prospects of serious dismrbance," y is still rolling in cash wealth, and the abundance | i the passing of the recent flurry in interest rates have i active speculation in national stocks, railroad and | The high price of copper continues to attract active | f copper shates, though this form of speculation has fallen | e past few days. The bears on the New| e are making a determined effort to break | cotton to IIc, but the Southern planters are firm | product and the bear movement is not making:I mewhat rch rge banking and financial interests of New York continue | he current lavish placing of money in stocks, and | ler this heavy and continuous purchasing stocks of all steadily passing from strong to weak hands, which must be obliged to let them go, perhaps at lower prices than | se now prevailing. This admonition is promptly met with the| hat stocks at present values are not high when it is con- | t the majority are regularly paying from 4 to 6 per cent | with the tendency toward even better returns, as every | then some large combination of railroad or industrial capi-‘ 1vidends. re of the money market no particular apprehension L “unds are easy, not only in this country but in pe. The expected advance in the Bank of England’s rate of iid not take place, but on the contrary several of the Conti- | national banks have lately decreased theirs. The New York s are now looking forward to the regular April interest and | ncreases r, probably, shows the enormous increase of 130.5 per | wialls over the winter wheat belt have given that ich needed covering from frost, and copious rains | AP "THE GRAND CANON, HA! FIVE THOUSAND To THE | | B 1 | B MARK TWAIN ON A. WARD — ARK Twain's story about Arte- mus Ward is one of his funniest yarns. One day when Artemus Ward was traveling a man approached him in the train, sat down, and said: 35 “Did@ you hear the last thing on Horace Greeley?” “Greeley? Greeley?’ sald Artemus; “Horace Greeley? Who is he?” The man was qulet about five min- utes. Pretty soon he said: “George Francis Train 1 kicking up | a good deal of a row over in England. Do you think they will put him in a bastile?” “Train? Train? George Train?”’ said Artemus, solemnly. never heard of him.” ' This ignorance kept the man quiet fitteen minutes. Then he said: Francis oI nd disbursements and preparing to meet them without incur- any stringency. If the first of April passes without serious | bance it is expected that funds will rule easier during the | ner, so the financial outlook in this direction is yery assuring. | There is at present nothing in sight anywhere to lead to any{ of disaster, unless it be the current wild speculation in stocks, h at times shows signs of recklessness. But as the controlling | ancial interests are closely watching this condition and stand ady to put a prompt heel down upon it if it gets dangerous, it will probably be kept within bounds. It is the practically unanimous impression that prosperity has vet 2 long lease of life, and all views of stock and industrial invest- ment are optimistic. In accordance with this sanguine view of the future new enterprises are being planned, and they range all the way from large extensions in railroad building, real estate and min- ing operations, edificial construction, etc., down to the multifarious expansions of wholesale and retail trade. If anything occurs to destroy these cheerful prospects it will be over-expenditure of money too easily earned, and not to any scarcity in money itself. < T trality and equality of treatment of the Southern Pacific and the d Western Pacific, in their contest over the tide lands on the east side of the bay. When the contest began, The Call said that the Western Pacific would get its terminal and that the courts would ad- just the property rights involved. After many sensational displays the contest changes from the militant to the judicial adjustment, and there is no doubt that justice will be done to both roads and to the people. g The organization of trainmen has sent to the Oakland City Coun- cil what seems to be a very judicious and fair discussion of the im- policy of permitting the Western Pacific to run its tracks through and across the Peralta street yards of the Southern Pacific. This discussion is from the standpoint of men who operate the trains. Com- mercial necessity requires now the moving of Southern Pacific trains on the tracks of that yard at the rate of one train every minute and 2 half during the day. To cross tracks so occupied at right angles by other tracks that will finally require as constant train service is not only unsafe for the operatives, but will prove obstructive of commerce. These considerations will tell, with legislative bodies and the courts, in determining the final adjustment. The people want that all railroads shall have the right of way and proper terminal facilities, but they do not require that when one road has acquired these its cfficiency shall be impaired by the next comer. Especially in this the case when the next comer will not only impair the efficiency of its older rival, but will abridge its own. In other countries such problems are met by abolishing grade crossings. If the new road use a subway, crossing the older tracks by going under them, the difficulty is solved. The Key Route in Oakland reaches its ferry by a subway under the Southern Pacific tracks. A grade crossing would have made both roads unsafe, imperiling life and property. Now both are operated safely and trains pass over them every few minutes. The public has added to its service a most desirable fa- cility and safety is not sacrificed. The public safety is the first law in railroad operation, and cool judgment will not indorse its sacrifice. THE RIVAL RAILROADf HE War Department has assumed its proper position of neu- Hon. Grover Cleveland continues to answer the question, “What shall we do with our ex-Presidents?” with complete success and apparent satis- faction to himself and the public.—New York Sun. “What do you think about General Grant’s chances for the Presidency? Do you think they will run him?” “Grant? Grant? Hang it, man!” saild Ward, “you appear to know more strangers than any man I ever saw.” The man was furious. He walked off, but at last came back and said: “You confounded ignoramus, did you ever hear of Adam?” Artemus looked up and said: “Adam? What was his other name?’—Magazine of Fun. 4 Gaspipes of Paper. Paper gas pipes are among the novel- tles reported from Europe. It appears that paper can be used to advantage for this purpose. Manila paper is cut up into strips whose width is equal to the length of the pipe section to be used. The paper bands are then passed into a vessel filled with melted asphalt. After coming out of the bath the pre- pared strip is rolled uniformly and very tightly around an iron rod or pipe which serves as the core-and has the same diameter which the gas pipe is to have. The rolling of the paper is stopped when the right thickness has been secured. After the pipe section which is thus formed has been put through a high pressure it is covered on the outside by a layer of sand which is pressed into the asphalt while still hot. Then the whole is cooled off by placing it In water. The core is taken out and the outer surface of the pipe is treated with a waterproof compound. It is said that the pipe is very tight and is cheaper than metal piping.—Bos- ton Globe. Sue Brett—Cora Phee and I had a quarrel to-day and we are never going to speak to each other again. Lowe Comedie—I het you'll make up before you go on the stage to-night. % LGIRIMS By MISTER - OH, \j NO USEY M IN FOR IT. YER, 0K} 1908, BY THE MEW ‘YORX EVENING.TELEGRS | y S (WEW YORK NERALD C0) Think Enough of Yourself, BY WALLACE RICE. PROGRESS OH! AND HE'S GOY THAT OLD OR every conceited person in the world there is one who does not think enough of himself. This sounds like a large estimate, for a good opinion of one's self seems to be the rule rather than the exception. But it becomes reasonable when it is translated into action, which is the only test of opinion. The man who thinks he has a good opiniom of himself and will not put that opinion to the proof by doing something that calls for criticism is altogether too common. There are those who expect to be encouraged before they show at their best— they lack self-conceit. Those who insist upon doing better than they have done after their work has been scorned are the ones who have the real self-conceit— the kind that counts. Blame the former, and he einks back into mediocrit; blame the latter, and he jumps out of the indistinguishable mass and takes on individuality. As long as one is at home and in school it is of comparatively little conse- quence whether he arrives at results through being praised into them or blamed into them. The main thing, in an environment of kindliness and distinterested- ness, is to produce the results. But the change is sometimes ghastly when the outer world is reached, with advancing years and responsibilities. A word of correction, instead of bringing about a sincere determination to avold such an error in the future sometimes brings on a feellng of hatred for the corrector or of discouagement in doing one's duties. Some strong men think that submission to correction is an evidence of weakness. But the {nability to accept suggestion and correction is a proof of weakness rather than strength, and strength uncontrolled is hardly to be told from weakness—neither produces the best results. The wise man invites suggestions of betterment and amendment in his work. Tt not only makes toward perfection, but it affords an excellent measuring the capacity of the critics. standard for The way to overcome too poor an cpinion of one’s self is to begin comparing your own work and accomplishments with those of your neighbors. It will often work wonders with the humble-minded, especially the discovery that one with a reputation has it solely through forcing his own idea of his value upon others by words rather than deeds. \ ~ SULLIVAN - GANS — Subscriber, City. Joe Gans, the pugilist, was born in Balti- more, November 25, 1876, and M. (Twin) Sullivan was born in Cambridge, Mass., BSeptember 23, 1878, ARIZONA—A. §., Alameda, Cal. Ari- zona was organized as a territory in 1863, partly from territory ceded by Mexico to the United States by the treaty of Guada- lupe Hidalgo, 1848, and partly from the Gladsen purchase of 1853. x OPALS—8. A. L, City. The Russians are superstitious in regard to opals. They belteve that this beautiful stone, with its fairy lights dancing over its delicate sur- face, will bring tears to the eyes of the wearer.. No Russian woman of rank will have’an opal in her jewel box. Russians fear the influence of the stone, but can- not give any reason for that fear. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT — Sub- scriber, City. The Postoffice Départment of the United States is one of the execu- NOT BUILT THAT WAY. De Laye—shall Igbe keeping you up too long if I stay till your clock strikes 117 Miss Weereigh — I'm afraid so0. You see, it's not a striking clock. e Answers to Various Queries. tive departments of the Government. It was established by the act of May 8, 179. The Postmaster General is a mem- ber of the President’s Cabinet by virtue of a custom that originated in the time of Andrew Jackson. THE KREMLIN—P. M. G., San Jose, Cal. The following is the explanation of “The Laying of the Foundation of the Kremlin,” the title of the painting by Djenyeef, the Russian artist: “Very many years ago there existed in Rus- sia a heathenish custom of immuring alive a human being under the corner- stone of a great building, the belief be- ing that such a sacrifice would insure its successful completion. The picture shows the laying of the cornerstone of the Kremlin at Moscow. The workmen have seized the young and beautiful wife of a merchant and are proceeding to force her under the cornerstone. The artist has depicted in the most striking manner the terror of the victim and the strong determination of the men. B HOW THEY LOVE ANOTHER. Miss Homerleigh—A class- mate of my brother whom I have never met is to call on me this evening. How shall I re- celve him? g 3 Miss Cutting—In the dark. *“When we are JME one has said: right, things are right.”” It is a good plan to remember this on the days ‘when everything goes wrong. We all have such days—days of turbu- lence and confusion, of conflict and irrl- S tation and tantalizing incompleteness; days of tangled happenings and unavail- ing effort, when it seems that our most strenuous exertions will not make “things” serve us as occasion demands. I have taken especial care when such an experience has come to me to look for the cause and have invariably found that cause within myself. Every day I see more clearly that even the smallest happenings of life are pre- determined by our spiritual, mental and physical attitude toward our environment. When everything is in a tangle we may be certain the confusion is In ourselves, not in our surroundings. By our own impatience, ignorance, or ill temper, we pull the invisible threads into a snarl and then complain, as did Mrs. Gummidge, that “everything goes contrary’ with us. It is so natural for us to blame these innocent, inanimate ‘“things’” for the de- ficiencjes in ourselves. If we are uncon- trolled and cannot manage our affairs, it is “things” that are to blame. “Things” simply won't work for us, we declare. “Things!” Why, bless them, they are ready and willing to serve us, If we will take the right attitude. How can they be otherwise than refractory when in ourselves we are so rebellious, impatient and perverse? How inconsistent we are to expect that our affairs will run smooth as clockwork, when we lack the patience, polse and control to make them so? Yet the attitude usually encountered is that which blames things and people as well for the “contrariness” of events. The woman who is constantly having trouble with her servants rarely ques- tions if the trouble may not lie in her- self. She may be nervous, agitated, utter- ly lacking in mastery over herself, ut- terly lacking in the ability to execute her part with authority. Yet if the household machinery refuses to work properly she will put the blame on the servants. She expects them to re- spond calmly and pleasantly to directions When Everything Goes Wrong. BY ANGELA MORGAN. that are given with impatience and ill- temper. She sees no reason why her worry and her lack of control should in- fluence them in their labor. STORY OF THE LITTLE GIRL. Once upon & time, my children, there was a dear lhue girl who was so ex- tremely bright that her mamma noticed it and said to all the neighbors: “Why, sheis the smartest child! She fairly races through her books at school!” Where- upon all the neighbors said, “I wonder where the child caught it.”” But they did not say this when the mamma was pres- ent; they said it only behind her back. For this is the way of the world, my children; and if you and I could hear the things that are being sald of us behind our backs this very day it is likely that we would wish to go and hide our dimin- ished heads, and probably soak them, too. Yes, this is the way of the world, and if you do not believe it, just notice what your dear mamma is saying about her neighbor right now. Do you think she would say such things to that neighbor? Not on your life, dear children! ‘Well, this little girl being very bright, as her mamma admitted—although her teacher had not noticed it—it naturally followed that her fond parents deter- mined that she must be highly accom- plished and educated. So she was taught Latin and French and German and a little English and phonics and manual tratning dear parents never heard when they went to school, and she became so educated that old Education himself used to look at her and shake his head in regret that he hed overlooked so much. Besides this, the little girl was given a musical education. Now, there was about as much music in her soul as there is in the sole of your shoe when it is one of the squeaky kind. But that made no difference. She was educated In music until she could pound the pieno till it wept great, bitter tears, and she could sing “The heart that has truly loved never forgets” to bring tears to the eyes of the most callous potato. Also, she could recite ‘“Curfew shall not ring te- night” with such rare effect that whole audiences would mdve uneasily in their seats. Oh, you bet she was accomplished, my children! “'Tis love, they say, that makes the world go round,” and also frequently it is love that makes the world wobble con- siderably. So it came to pass that this highly accomplished maiden fell in love with the sweetest young man! He was not educated and accomplished, as she was, but he could add seven to thirty-five and divide the sum by six, and, above all, he could draw his eleven-dollar salary every Saturday night. He did not handsome much, being somewhat trowel-shaped as to forehead and weak as to legs—but, oh, how she loved him! It was this burning, throbbing, sizzling love that will not be gainsaid and that no plaster helps—it con- SAFETY IN NUMBERS. Mrs. Noowedd—Reggle, dear, won't you try my pound cake? Noowedd—Afraid it's too com- plicated for one man to try. Let it go to a Jury. and—oh, a host of things of which your | No woman should expect to be a suc-Y cesstul mistress of servants unless she h mistress of herself. = Ko I know a woman who is always 5 ing trouble at the telephome. She rarely obtains the number she wants until she has berated the operator, called up the manager, quarreled with somebody on the lue, and created a large disturbance. That woman actually manufactures trou- ble the moment she approaches a tele- phone. It is simply the way she goes at it. She is nervous, impatient, resentful in her very manner of calling for a number. She is in a mental whirl of confusion, and it is confusion she draws to herself. She expects trouble and she gets It. 1 know another woman who cannot suc~ ceed in housework as her sisters do. “Things” refuse to serve her. Biscults will not brown nor cakes bake properly for her. The wrong recipes? Faulty range? Insufficient utensils? Not at all. She has every convenience in her kitchen. She uses the same recipes that bring e~ cellent results for other women. It Is her state of mind—her attitude. That's all. She dislikes housework. She does not put herself into it. She is rebel- llous, and everything about her is re~ bellious, too. 1 believe that inanimate as well as ani- mate creations are distinctly responsi to the quality of our vibrations. “Things’ really feel our mood. When objects hatefully and impatiently, any wonder they protest? They are like children — tractable enough when loved and handled tenderly, rebellious when found fault with and treated harshly. When we are right “things’” are right. According to the measure of harmony in ourselves will we find harmeny in exter- nals. It we are poised, cheery, centered a3 we should be in our individual world, we will find that all the events of life, big and little, will swing happily mto line. It is a good plan to take definite thought for serenity and control at the very be- ginning of each day. It is well to gt centered in mind Before we attempt work of any kind. Only when the individual is absolutely paised and conscious of mas- tery can he hope to direct with success the affairs of Lis life. Be calm. Be master in your own world and “things” will recognize your au- thority. +————————————————"’ Occidental Accidentals. BY A. J. WATERHOUSE. So they were married, and could & story run sweeter than that? And now, after ten years, she wouldnt’ know the #hirty _~ ninth theorem In geometry from Bings Liver Specific, and the French on a bill of fare is to her like Greek in a New Testament, and she can beat meore music out of a washboard than she could out of a grand plano, and—oh, there is a notice- able difference! ‘What was the name of this little girl, do you ask, dear children? Her name was Legion, and if you do not know what that means ask your papa or mamma, for they will understand. So all that remaina ia the— Moral—When feminine accomplishment is mated with masculine boorishness the chances are nine out of ten that the lus- ter on the wings of the former will grow aim. “He offered Chawlie a penny foh his thoughts, doncher know." “Weally ™" “Yaas, but then he took'it wight back and sald he wouldn't give it, doncher know."” “That was stwange. do 12" “He said he was so beastly hahd up, doncher know, that he couldn’t affohd to waste the money.” What made him ‘When the sun shines clear and bright Trouble some’ll borrow; Then’s the time you'll hear "em ory: “Sure to rain to-morrow!™ “She is one of those women who insist that life’s a vale of tears, and she & cone sistent in doing so.” “How fs that?™" ‘“Why, she sheds encugh to make it sa." “Brown went home d&runk the other night and his wife didn't scold him a bt.* “‘She must be a rare jewel of a woman.”™ “Well, I don't know—she waso't ad home.” Incomes of Families. More than 4,000,000 familes, or near- ly one-third of the nation, must got along on incomes of less than $400; more than one-half the families oot less than $600; two-thirds of the fam- iliés get less than $300, while only one in twenty of the nation’s families is able to secure an income of over 33000 & year—Waldron's Handbook of Cur- rency and Wealth. —_—— Townsend's California glace fruits and choicest candles in artist! etched boxes. New store, 787 Mackey s Special information supplied daily to busin houses and public men Press Clipping Bureau (Allen" fornia street. Telephs TINDEFINITE commanm, | The Lion—Didn’t I ten you if You saw that leopard prowlin, around again to shoot him a: the spot? Monkey (sentinel) — Syre! but you dldn’'t ten me which spot to shoot him e 4