The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 2, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL/} ;flllx D. S}ER;SAR’%!:SVA sesernes -.--.-............-.--.-.-mflm" JOHN McNAUGHT. PUBLICATION OFFI FEBRUARY 2, 1906 OUR MINERAL OUTPUT. > snow in the mountains of California averages nine feet in , and is frozen hard. Additions to it may be ex- is t. The situation is of great eco- ornia. That the snow is deep and frozen t it will lie until graduaily thawed in the spring and sum- water released by the sun will supply water to the igation at the time of need, and it will also give the ic power and its other uses in mining. Last year, s were abundant and irrigation did not suffer, the f fr snow abridged the mining season and re- The extent of this reduction will not be g Bureau collects the statistics for the 1cts about our mineral output for 1904 have ed by Charles G. Yale and published as a bul- Jurean. The number of minerals produced r by California was forty-seven, and their aggregate value 3,778.348. Gold led, with a value of $19,109,600, and petro- id ied next with an output of $8,317,809. Nevada led the gold counties, with a value of $3,130,304. Gold was produced fi nties, and petroleum in six. Kern County will by leading in petroleum, of which it produced a 408, or more than the gold of Nevada County. At ne Kern produced $1.426,523 in gold, the aggregate value and petroleum being $4.857,031. Kern produced also fuller's earth, lime and silver, bringing her total e year to $3,319,630. That makes Kern the 3 the State. The area of the county is the popul It would seem v should attract more attention than it does, and cot k, in lation only 16.480. ornia since 1848 has yielded $1,414,- was in the height of placer mining in pioneer miners took out of the bars $81,294,700. The tion was in 1889, when the yield fell to $11,212,913. quite uniform to the yield of 1904. ineral output is seen by the statistics 1d water. The two are coming to mean | the use of hydraulic power to generate | ng. This economic use ‘of water has been conservatism of the Federal Government, g ineral districts by denying the use of the national parks and forest reservations. It sfer of control of these to the forestry service Department will result in a more liberal policy. | It to convince the Interior Department that the yr power was not like the use of wood for fuel, de-| g its utility. The Agricultural Department be used for power and then flow on to s Used for power it creates a mining in- |4 a market for the crops it produces by irrigation | try below the mines. The extension of electric railways | ng regions also stimulates our mineral industries, and nere dreamer who looks forward to a mineral output r year, and to a rise in gold production that will below. % . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, ... BECOME. MAN AND ONUIFEs ? Wik You THISY &@JE FOR. YOUR LAWFUL T SRR, ANSWER = | WiLL. TAKE N FEBRUARY 2, 1906. KINDLY REMOVE. THE_ TR, B, oceeD YoU ONE—, o YO MAKE WILL YOU YAKE FOR. YOUR LAWFL HUSBAND ? ANSWER =1 WL, THE KNOT v TIED AND . DID NOY WiA, THR. BIIDL.’ N7 COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE NEW YORK EVENING TELEGRAM (NEW YORK HERALD CO) o + |Universal Two-Cent Postage. gures of the early times. en of the State who desires to forward its interests | copies of Bulletin No. 41 of the State Mining ows that of the fifty-seven counties in the State fifty- , inerals. In it are maps of the counties, showing all stoffices, railroads, county roads and passenger stage lines, and wee ints. It tells the complete and interesting story | ral wealth and promise of its further develop- | in 1f the wealth of each county in its waters, forests and prod- soil were added, the total would be a showing of natural excelled in their variety and value by any similar area A study of the bulletin raises the pride of a Califor- s confidence in the future of his State. It cannot fail to and settlers, and in its publication the Mining Bureau <t { | { It 8t v G Al fri is RATE LEGISLATION. HE greatest debate in our parliamentary history has begun in he House at Washington. The rate bill for the regulation of railroads, favored by President Roosevelt, and embodying his s, is up for discussion. The genius of the President for meas- the needs of the country and meeting them by constitutional 1 is disclosed in the fact that for the first time in our history 2‘:,‘1\*; of both parties are agreed on a great measure of ecohomic iC w B is a fact of conspicuous interest. The President has brought hem »mzuhcr. Lincoln could not unite them in a matter of such igh importance as the preservation of the Union. Cleveland could not concert théem even to sustain the national credit. But Roosevelt has joined them in support of legislation that stands between our system- of government and socialism, and they heartily support the greatest measure of industrial legislation known to our history. He sees that which is vital and essential, and has put it so plainly that his.antagonists despair of terms in which to put their.opposition. The country.is well assured-that the proposed legislation must | be made sufficient for its purpose, for the President will have noth- ing less. --He has niade the public intereést the policy of his adminis- tration. Those whe oppose it must take the consequerices. . If they defeat it, they need not complain when they are floundering in the deluge and grasping at straws. 3 - We have confidence that the President will succeed: Men who complain that he is controlling Congress would talk lower if they comprehended that that is just what the .people want -him to do. They know that the control is needed and chose him as their agent : for that purpose. The great debate will have a great audience, com- posed of all the people, and the issue will be watched with a sharp- eyed anxiety such as has not been known since the Civil War." STILL ANOTHER RAILROAD. T quickly as possible and by the shortest route. The Goyernor of Minnesota, who spent a few hours here, went -home and de- clared that California was a good place to_stay away from. That he is not taken seriously at home is shown by the organization of a company to build a railroad connecting Minneapolis and St. Paul more directly with San Francisco. This read is not to be built for the purpose of carrying Minnesotans out of. California, but to get more of the people of that State here as quickly as possible. At present they have to use the routes that were built to con- nect Chicago with us, but they want one of their own. They intend to use it for a purpose that distinctly means advertisement of the resources and climate of California. They are great consumers of our fruit and don’t like to wait for its reshipment from Chicago. So, it is specially stated in the prospectus of the mew road that it is needed for direct shipment of California fruits. To further rub it into Governor Johnson it iipropoéed to call this road “The Golden Gate Route”” Come along, gentlemen; you will find the Golden Gate open, and you shall have terminal facilities if we have to get them for you with a shotgun. m. b P HE country wants. to get at the good things in California a's gentleman,” says Dr. Parkhurst.. Still, think of the provocation a man * when he is compelled to live in the same town with Dr, Parkhurst.—Wash- ington Post. ; A backing of such a powerful organ of public opinion as the London gument in behalf of their proposal the imperial cents on a letter to Canada, only creases the irritation of the public at paying 150 per cent to Fiji. two-cent rate, and, with the support of our Government, the change ought to be effected. No sound argument can be offered for maintaining the present rate on countries in of postal business and every advance of this kind -helps to bring and to add to the sum of human knowl- cdge and human happiness, fornia street. Telephone Main —_— =% MOVEMENT in favor of a univer- sal two-cent postage rate has been revived in England, with the Times. s promoters,have as one strong ar- 1ccess which has attended the British penny (two-cent) Dpostage. nce its establishment the number of British letters to and from the colonies has more than doubled. “restricted unions” The fact that nited States and Canada and ‘between ermany and Austria, by which an merlcan, for instance, pays but two in- English more om Dover to Calais than from Dover Postmaster General Cortelyou known to be strongly in favor of the foreign postage from some and allowing a reduction others. That a lowered rate ould result in an enormous increase is unquestionable, the world closer together It is Dr. dward Everett Hale who contends that the postoffice is the greatest of all educators, and, if so, its scope and in- fluence cannot be too much augmented. It is not improbable ‘that, in further- ance of this idea, domestic letter post- age In this country will some day be reduced to one cent.—Leslie's Weekly. —_————————— Genuine eve xlasses, 20c to 50c, trom 10 a. . to 4 p. m., at 81 4th st., front of w_ . e Townsend's California glace fruits | and choicest ‘candies im artistic fir etched boxes. New store, 767 Market. —_— Special information supplied daily to usiness houses and public men vess Clipping Buread (Allen's) tZ'c."uhf % 104 Oncle Biffs = Observations - EPSON TINKLER, th' hotel keeper, sez he don‘t mind Tomp Toner's sittin’ on th' hotel offis counter, but he sez he wishes he'd" exist between the | M -+ BY A J. WA THE GOLD OF GOD. Y little love, come here to me, For I have gold I'd share with thee, The gold not hide in‘@usky min€, Such gold &s ne'er did gleam and shine On dainty finger, neck of white; Rare gold that gives the soul delight; Bright gold, aye, brighter far than all That lureth man and holds him thrall. The gold divine, the wondrous gold That all the sunbéams mesh and hold, That gleams on summit and on wold— The gold of God, my dearfe. My little love, do you recall That day of days, the best of &ll, When we, two children, hand m hand, ‘Went straying down the happy land? Oh, all the earth was then abloom, Its every nook a golden room; And well we knew, afar from strife, Ours was the one true gold of life. The one true gold, my little dear, The gold of love about us here That bears for all its gift of cheer— The gold of God, my dearie. My little love, we have no skill To clutch the gold man seeketh still; The hard, cold gold that misers save, At first its master, then its slave. But, oh, the gold of love, sweetheart, It is our own; its magic.art 3 Has led us where no.shadows fall— And it is all, yes, it is all. ~ S So, ‘let. them seck man’s gold who will, ¥ SR Still hand in hand we'll climb life’s “hill, . For love lias been, and love Is still, . 'The gold of God, my delrl_o‘ 2 I — g SAD TALE -OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY. Once upon’ a time, my Adoniram, there was a little boy whose name was Isaac Buffums, and lie was an extreme- ly good little boy. 5 (I wish to stop the press right here just long enough to remark that this is no fairy tale; there really was an extremely good little boy.) I suppose that no boy better ithan this dear little Isaac ever existed. Why, he was the perfect personification of the good little boy of whom the old- fashioned Sabbath-school books used to tell, and, of' course, there could be/ nothing finer or sweeter than that. He was so remarkably good that he never smiled on Sunday, because he realized’| that to do so would be very wicked; and he never mussed his clothes, nor played rude games; and once when he saw a deck of cards he fainted away, and when he heard the bad little boys talk about hooking watermelons he shuddered visibly, and he always had his lessons in school if he had sense enough to learn them, and, of course, if he had not, he was not to blame, and when he saw sinful little boys doing something wrong he immediately told the teacher, and thereafter the sinful little boys used to pound about seven or eight kinds of plety out of Isaac, which grieved his dear mother very much, but, as she realized that there is no rose without its thorn, she only said it was too bad about her rese. So you see, my Adoniram, that Isaac indeed. was a remarkably good little boy, In fact, he was so excruclatingly good that all the mothers in that neighborhood uvsed to point him out to' little boys and say that they ‘they would be just like dear Isaac; whereupon their lt- tle boys would shake tl}dr heads and mutter to themselves: ‘“That chump! Well, I guess not!” From which I am pained to infer, my Adoniram, that most little boys are right onto thetr job, Occidental Accidentals TERHOUSE. for you are likely to knock all the em- broidery off my story if you continue. But I know him—oh, yes, I know him! At the present time he is being su ported by his mother, who now is a widow, and he is commonly referred to throughout the vicinity in which he re- sides as “Buffum'’s Fool." There! That is what you get for ask- ing so many questions. It was a beauti- ful little story that I had blocked out, and you have knocked its moral until it looks like a woman's spring hat caught in a rainstorm. In short, all I can do now is to say of the— Moral—Obliterated by Adoniram's fool questions. “Don’t you think that virtue is its own . reward?” The Red Room of the St. Francls was the scene yesterday of a beautiful and elaborate luncheon, the hostesses being Misses Bessie and Miss Bernice Wil- son. Two large round tables were heav- ily laden with great, graceful branch of Japanese flowering quince, the e fect being unusually striking. Th finer tendrils“extended their length to the various guest places, here and there a streamer of pale pink tulle adding daintiness to the decorative scheme, pink shaded candelabra crowning the color motive. The Misses Wilson entertained in all thirty-two- guests, Miss Bessie presid- ing at one table, Miss Bernice at the other. Many handsome gowns were donned for the occasion, which was one of the most prominent and attractive of the season. . . Mrs. Isadore Lowenberg was a hos ess of yesterday, entertaining a score of guests at a large luncheon in the Palm Garden in honor of Mrs. Dorothea Klumpke Isaacs of Paris, the noted astronomer. The table decorations were excep- tionally handsome, a centerpiece being constructed of small palms and can- delabra, which served as a nucleus from which strings of small pink roses and ribbons were stretched to the name cards Among those at table with Mrs. Lowenberg and Mrs. Isaacs were Mrs. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Mrs. Irving Scott, Mrs. Henry Edwards Hunting- ton, Mrs. John 8. Merrill, Mrs. A. B. Graupner, Mrs. Irving Moulton, Mrs. A. H, Vail, Mrs. Linda H. Bryan, Mrs. J. Martel, Mrs. Lyman H. Kelley, Mrs. Ella M. Sexton, Mrs. James Edwards, Mrs. John B. Flint, Mrs. Susan B. Mills, Mrs. Benjamin Peart and Mrs. John F. Swift. . . Miss Gertrude Palmer was & bridge hostess of yesterday, entertaining nearly forty guests from among the ranks of debutantes and young matrons. YRR Among those who entertained informal- ly at bridge yesterday was Mrs. Charles Jackson, at her Vallejo street home, this affair being one of a series. Mrs. Jack- son will convene a dozen players again next week. .« s . Ten guests enjoyed the hospitality of Miss Helen Thomas at a very pretty s i S S IR B e SR PR, & # The Smart Set % % 'BY SALLY SHARP. luncheon yesterday given In honor of Miss Sara Cunningham, who will leave for the East within a fortnight. The affair took place at the home of Mrs. Wakefleld Buker, who I3 an aunt of Miss mm..l. < 5 Mrs. Samuel Sumner 'was the guest of hgnor at a luncheon yesterday given by Mrs. Charles Austin Coolidge at her home on Van Ness avenue. Covsry were laid for tem, after which the afterncon was devoted to .u-ld’o. e A dozen bridg- players passed an inter- esting afternoon with Mrs. Willard Way- man, on Wednesday, in her apartments at the Empire. ynyhen Miss Edith Fabregou, who spent several months of the past year in San Fran- cisco, has formally announced her en- gagement to Ensign Charles T. Wade, U. S. N. The news, though mot unexpected, is causing much pleasureable comment, as the young people are well known in the smart set. Miss Fabregou is a New York mald and formed many warm friendships during her stay in town. Ensign ‘Wade was attached to the Ben- nington, but kas received orders to New Jersey, to which station he has gone, and his marriage to Miss Fabregou will prob- ably take place within a few months. b Mrs. T. Scott entertained at & luncheon in her home at Burlingame yesterday. 7 5 % Three bridge hostesses will preside to-day, Mrs. Emory Winship having Is- sued cards for o large number of the vyounger contingent, including debu- tantes and matrons. Mrs. Pelhamn, Ames will receive guests for the same fascinating game, aad Mrs. Willlam Fawcett Perkins s to entertain at several tables, the affair honering her s Mrs. Jane Ewell. . . Mrs. Frank H. Kerrigan (Jessie Mo~ Nab) will be at home to-day, receiv- ing for the first time since her mar< raige at her new - home, 3325 Clay street. e . A wedding which invites the interest ot Portland and San Francisco is that of Mrs. I. Campbell Calef and James McL. Woods, the ceremony to take place next Wednesday In Trinity Church, Portland. The groom is widely'known in the club life of this eity. BEST PROFESSION FOR WOMEN. BY ANGELA MORGAN. — g THE woman with the family and the woman with the career—have you observed how each almost Inva- riably envies the other her peculiar advantages? No matter which profession chooses—that of home-maker or that of fame-seeker—it seems inevitable that she should be dissatisfied with her choice. The wife and mother surrounded by all domestic joys gazes from her haven upon the woman whose talents, clev- erness or daring have made for her a place in the world and heartily envies her lot. The woman Wwith a career—or a keen discontent, when she talks of her empty life, her loneliness. her lack of the real joys, the enduring satisfac- tions. In her secret heart the domestic woman belleves she was cut out for a larger life and is certain that bad she not married she, too, could have car- ried off the honors won by her sister in the professional, business or artis- tic world. Question the of your ae- women the most ~“domestic” and seemingly untalented have their secret convic- tions concerning the fame they might have won had not fate tethered them to a husband, home and children. “Of course; but I can't help feeling that it generally doesn't overdo It any.” “I used to think that Miss Rosebud was beautiful.” i “What made you change your mind?” “I heard her talk.” First Miss Charming—He assured. me that 1 was the only girl he had ever loved. Second Miss Charming—I know;. and isn’t his manner 6f saying it just ravish- ing, too? it I GUESS SHE WAS RIGHT. I told my love with many sighs that she was sweet and sweeter, That.all the world héld not a prize that I should deem completer; I vowed upon my bended knees she fairer © was than others, 2 Including all the dainty belles and also all their mothers; % I gwore by, Cupid and his bow that in the % wide ereation, g She, she alone, was heaven-sent' to prove my life's salvation; I told hér divers things like these, till you might deem me d 0 But she—she mesely smiled and said; "T think you give me taffy.” . That T was shocked 'I hers admit; it seemed a cataclysm To drop me from my height of love to , such a black abysm; I groped in anguish for a time, and suf- fered most extremely, ‘But dwelling on that sorrow now, I judge, Were scarcely seemly, For Time and I have cooled since then; our second wind we're getting: My broken heart is seared and h Time the deed abetting, And though her conduct was quite rude, and also not polite, sir, I guess I'd better here confess that that dear girl was right, sir. First: Club Lady—Don’t you think that Browning is perfectly divine? . Second Club Lady—Oh, excruciating- ly so! - “It 1s such a ravishing delight to read from his works.” “Yes, and to wonder, if he meant any- thing by it, why he didn’t say it.” & Jungle Euchre. ealed, old" This longing to be something “great- er” than mother and homekeeper is stronger in women to-day than ever before and every year swells the num- ber of “independent” women who have given up the home for a “career.” The women who remain at home are affected by the contagion of this fever for the life of “achievemrent” and grow -| restless, discontented, regretful. This sort of discontent is robbing many homes of real happiness and blessed- ness. There ar¢ women making only a par- ‘tfal success of homekeeping because of the secret dissatisfaction they feel for the “narrow” life of domestic attain- ments. Such are convinced that they possess gifts too great to be wasted in lowly work. They are forever dream- ing of the fame that might have been and neglecting the present opportupity so rich with possibilities. +Thege are the women that have un- happy homes, discontented husbands, poorly trained. rebellious children. And the woman with the eareer? Her discontent seems even keener. With all ‘| her freedom, her independence, her ‘op- portunities to develop her individuality, she is not satisfied. v She gazes wistfully upon the wife she has m! She feels that she has the real for the counterfeit. I believe her conclusion is correct and that no glory of work and achievement in the world can ever compensate for her loss. I wish all the discontented home women would realize the dignity, the beauty and the importance of thelr calling instead of wasting precious mind stuff in dreams and regrets. I want to say just this to these malcon- can eaual in importance the one you are slighting. Stop your foolish dreaming and re- gretting. Pour all your energles into the splendid work that is given you' to do. Have you a talent? Well and good. Use it. for the advancement of your —— THE MANY-SIDED PRINTER. The versatility of printers is aptly {llus- one | her the freedom and independence ot would-be career—has ler moods of quaintance and you will find that even | and mother and sighs for the blessings |- been cheated; that she has relinquished |. 1 home. Have you temperament? There is no greater call for it anywhere than in the home. Have you charm. beauty, cleverness? You could put thesé to no better use than in making yourself an attractive and lovable companion to your husband and ehildren. Housekeeping tame and monétonous? Not when a woman puts herself wholly into it—heart, soul and brains. Rear- ing children a tedious task? Not when the mother gives to them her best— talents, aspirations, artistic eapabilities —allL When women learn to do this the home will be exalted teo its proper | place. | p——— {| A Pointed Question | ' Al Dick—1 say, od chap, don’t you think “it's about time ydu took a wife? Tom—Yes, bal Jote! Whose wife do you recommmend?—Ally Sloper. Mirror of Fashion. -already created a furor in 'the early spring styles, appear ia the misses’ sults as well as those for ] i i i i% i ; i £ Eggzit 1k i ih i ] i i i1 i It i ! i i '} ! | e ] i i .'. i i ith and the blue Guills beld in large gilt buckle at the e s