The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 5, 1906, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL Manager THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO FEBRUARY 5, 1906 JOHN D. FI’ZRECKEIA. . ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO #OHN McNAUGHT SOME NEW CONDITIONS IN TRADE. T}-} past week, while exhibiting no pronounced features on the suriac ¢, yet contained within itself certain portents which may | ally prove more or less disturbing to the general trade of ere was the continuation of the excessive speculation in industrial stocks in Wall street. Nothing seems able | eck the progress of this great bull movement, as it is called. | ts ng s predicted by the great financiers last summer, and | ith a vengeance. Stocks, already very high, continue } although the cautionary signals displayed by the banks erful and posted interests are becoming more fre- | ever, are buying stqcks with feverish enthusiasm and decline g#© take any advice in the matter, even from those seasoned old stock | veterans who have grown white-bearded in Wall street and ght to know. recent action of the banks in temporarily withdrawing | from the active securities list during the latter part | order to check the plungers and clear the speculative | passing efiect. When a man has got the t is pretty hard to stop him. Heavy holders of securities, purchased long ago, when quota- 1 hc ri: OWe merous arket Ever the bling fever i tior lower than at present, are quietly ladling out] st resaid public at remarkable profits, and some of | e ion ftily inducing them to continue their pur- | - maniy ing both stock and money markets in order | | eep prices up to their present high plane, and advancing them at | every rable opportunity. They will buy -back these stocks at much lower prices later on when the bull campaign comes to an . as it inevitably will, sooner or later, only to start another bull | later on 1d turn the same trick again. For this is the | ay. | ong as the great railroads and industrials ay larger dividends than can be obtained from money , just so long prices will keep up to their present ess some disaster. now unforeseen, happens. ther factor, containing within itself grave possibilities, is eatened great strike of coal workers, involving some 600,000 Nobody wants any such thing to happen, and for the com- ial good of the whole country the strike should be avoided il" | nother feature with possibilities is the impending railroad lation, which is a double-edged sword, capable of cutting | < ways. Another is the current merging of great copper cor- | which is attracting widespread attention at the moment. | thus be seen that while the surface of the commercial | parently smooth there are leviathians eyeing each other | the depths, and interesting events are possible in the near | business conditions remain about as for some weeks | ly accepted statistics continue to present a brilliam} Week after week, with unvarying monotony, the | v's bank clearings continue to show a pronounced gain over | esponding weeks of the preceding year, with practically all | rtant cities and towns arrayed in the column of gains. Last Jenver was the only city of the first fifty on the list exhibiting n for the whole country was 27.5 per cent, and the aggre- < were still very high, amounting to $3,512,600,000. The for the week were 208, against 259 in 190§, and included none of more than ordinary importance. Railway earnings in Janu- ary were comparatively larger than for over a year, showing an ncrease of 14.3 per cent.. During 1905 the monthly gains ranged 7 per cent, so it will be seen that the railroad traffic | st have been remarkably large, which is an excellent stration of the current widespread prosperity. I'he standard staples show little change. Provisions are mov- 1 steady prices. Spinners are taking cotton in steadily ing quantities, and as the Southern planters and other hold- showing more willingness to meet buyers business in this | staple is becoming broader and more active. The last of the of London wool sales showed a firmer market for raw wool. and steel industry continues to report its furnaces and ng on full time, with orders booked far into the year and new business coming in right along. The crop conditions are prom- 1sing, the recent erratic weather throughout the major portion of the country hating produced no damage to the winter wheat as far as visible at present. In brief, trade conditions all over the land are as cheerful as at v time during the past few years, and optimism pervades all asses. If the American people will remember the panic experi- nces of the past generation and abstain from squandering their ge and easy earnings, there is no reason why the country should t enjoy the current prosperity for a long time yet. A powerful r favor of continued prosperity is the bountiful iuction of gold, which keeps the coin circulation up; but this is no reason why we should burn our money, even if it does come to us easily and in lumps. E results in some of the Sioux reservations where what is known as “the work system” was put in operation by the Indian Of- fice for the expected benefit to the redskins who are the wards of the nation. The secretary of the Indian Rights Association has been out among the agencies of South Dakota taking notes of the Indians’ welfare and has made a report. It was hoped that by the “work system” the previous custom of gifts from the Government could be changed so that the Indians would earn the needed funds, or rations, to carry them through the year. Pretty as the thing looked in prospective it is found that in practice it tends to return the redeemed savages back toward their old barbarism. 1 In the reservations under observation the lands had been al- lotted in severalty. The desire to inculcate in the Indians a love of home and industry was making fair progress in realization. They had made their habitations homes, and had gathered round them poul- try and hogs, and were gardening and raising small crops. The work system was to make roads, and it called them away from these homes and congregated them in camps. Herded here they amused themselves in the evening by a revival of the old tribal dances and other customs which the better and sager members of the race regard decidedly not making for the good of the Sioux. Bad as this is, is not all of the evil; for the Indians take their wives to the work camps, and when *bey return home they find their places so spoiled by neglect that the home-loving habit is discouraged. The coyotes have devoured their chickens, their hogs are lost, strayed or stolen, their gardens are grown up in weeds, crops injured, and there is all that sort of general going to rack which naturally makes home seem to be home no longer. So the “work system” cuts both ways to dissever the red man from the home-making habit which it is so necessary to have him adopt as the first step in assimilating him into white civilization. : A better system has been planned for the Rosebud reservation. There the Indians are to be kept on their allotments and are to be paid for the improvements they make, according to the honest effort put forth. This plan should surely be tried out to a full test, and if 1t be found to work well the system should be extended further. res st nth m r in SOME SIOUX OBSERVATIONS. VIL that may come forth from good intentions is exampled by The country has made a mistake in sending so many canal diggers to Congress when their services are so needed with shovels down in Panama. —Knoxville Tribune-Journal. week, they are apparently unheeded.! | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1906, iy NOSITIVE_ HE WILL NOT, BUT CERTAINY PRESIENT GRASP OF THE SNAT T INSURANCE COMPANY, SA THINKS THAT HE }u' 5 T 1] e L3 3 HE THINKS HE BELIEVES HEAL- MOST pPosiTVE STAY OR wiLL THE JRUSTEES ISKY TREY THINK JHEY BEUEVE 0 R RIS, That e ALPRED: KNOW. ALPRED. OORkr 1 ATE THAT RAREBIT # 1 | 2 8Y QH! HAD SUCH. AWt AN Awr OCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS. ¢ By A. J. Watethouse. T is small use to climb a hill if there l is nothing at the top to pay for thc climb; yet many of us do It. It we knew enough to realize when we should be contented there would be less weeping and walling in this world than there is. The less a man knows the louder and the more Insistently does he frequently | proclaim the fact. If a man is standing upright the scars upon his shins are his badges of honor; and, although I could not make milady | believe it, the assertion is no less true of & woman. Happiness is quite as likely to knock at the door of a cottage as to demand en- trance at the portal of a palace. ‘When & man pretends to serve both God and mammon the Almighty should not expect too much, and there is some rea- son to suppose that he does not. Beauty sometimes is like a gaslight— Erilliantly noticeable at 10 p. m.; obliter- ated at 10 a. m. The girls may not believe it, but a man may propose awkwardly and still make a very good husband. ~ “Blinks, Kinke and Winks bet the drinks on their height the other day. Blinks stood six feet ome and one-half inches high, and Kinks stood a little over six feet and one inch.” “What did Winks stand?”’ “He stood the drinks.” WHAT HAPPENED TO GULLIVER. “I had intended,” sald the spirit of Gulliver, “to take just one more journey, write a veracious account of it for publi- cation and travel no more.” “Why 4id you not do it?” inquired the spirit of Baron Munchausen, while Ana- nias tried fo butt into the conversation, but was summarily ejected. P “I did take the journey,” GulMver re- marked, “but, unfortunately, my earthly career terminated there.” “Where did you go?” “T visited the country of the Clackeracs ~—I suppose you have been there?” “I have been everywhere,” the Baron haughtily responded. “Well, then,” Gulliver resumed, ‘“you know the sort of inhabitants they have there—people that selze you by a button- hole and talk and talk and talk; lead you around the corner and talk and talk and talk; nall you to a chair in the club and Oncle Biff’s 3 Observations ZRY Jones is In th’ hospital Euy in Cleveland. Jeff Jackson was holdin’ th’ Jadder fer Ezry while he was fixin’ th’ eave pipe on old ' Cramp’s house. Th' dinner bell rang an’ Jeff dropped everything an’ scooted fer hum. Ezry went clean through th’ coal shed, by crackey!—Cleveland Plain-Dealer, ner that repenteth?” { talk and talk and talk! It was the omly really painful trip I ever made in my life, and yet I would have given a great deal to have reported it, and I should have done so0 if—if—excuse these ghostly tears.” “What happened to you?"’ “Why, they—they talked me to death.” At the thought of his untoward fate Gulliver wept bitterly, and the good Baron wept, too, for he also had met the people of Clackerac. Moral—So have the rest of us; but {t is consolatory to know what happened to Gullfver. A FIG FOR PAIN AND TROUBLE! A fig for pain and trouble! And a shrug for woe and care! For we only make grief double When we sigh its load té bear. There is many a fairy pleasure That we lay upon its bier, And the bliss that we might treasure Oft is hidden by a tear. A fig for haunting worry! It is but a ghost at best, A phantom born of hurry In the womb of life’s unrest. For lips athirst there's nectar In the vats of heaven pressed, For care {s but a specter That a smile will lay at rest. A fig for life’s distresses! If they ceaseless come, they go; By the pit our footfall presses Flowers bud and flowers blow. There is not a cankered worry, Not a trouble skulking nigh, But a smile will make it scurry, And a laugh will bid it die. PARABLE OF A SOUL. Once upon a time a poor Soul was pro- jected into this world without, as far as he knew, his request, desire or consent. And, being hers, he attempted to look about him, but his eyes were half-blinded and he could see little. Nevertheless, through the darkness that surrounded him he sawrthe siren forms of many tempta~ tions, each luring him and beckoning him to follow. Bo the poor Soul, seeing little and know- ing less, followed where they beckoned and grievously fell, and this he did again and again, until he was sore and weary with often falling. Then, when he was most troubled and perplexed, came a whispering Voice from the darkness, saying, ‘“Though you fall again and yet again, yet may you rise and strive to stand again, for strength to accomplish this task have I given unto you.” Then 414 the poor Soul take heart of courage, and though he fell—oh, often and often—yet did he ever strive to rise again. And when the record of his years was told he went, bleeding and brulsed but still striving to stand, out into the great darkness. “It is a terribly maimed and battered Soul that has arrived,” reported the guardian of the gate. “Ay, but doth he still strive to stand?" queried the voice of One unseen. “Yea, Lord, broken and scarred and crushed, he yet would stand erect.” " “Then let him in, for is it not written that there is joy in heaven over one sin- And the poor blinded Soul went to his rest. ‘WHO DOTH NOT LOVE THE LASSES, 0! ‘Who doth not love the lasses, O! For him may rue and hyssop grow, For he's a surly knave, I trow, And all unworthy blisses. < May Cupid's raptures pass him by, Alone to live, alone to die, 2 And Eve's fair daughters e’er deny To him their wealth of kisses. The pink and white of lasses, O! The cheeks’ vermeil, the bosom’s ‘Why, though old Time but limping go, ‘Wha careth though he stumble? For here’s the kiss that beareth bliss, And here’s the joy we would not miss Till Time hath sought his last abyss, In its black depths to tumble. The dainty grace of lasses, O! Like blossoms sweet that bud and blow; The little maids of four or 80, . Ah, they have charm in plenty. And yet confession follows quick, = Though they the doting heart may trick, | ship, Unfair Division. | . S “If a house contains six bureaus, eleven armoires, seven chiffoniers and fifty-three miscellaneous drawers, how many of 'em is the*husband entitled to, and how many is the wife?” asked the young clubman. The second clubman laughed harshly. “You are young and have much to learn.” he sald. “You may as well under- stand first as last that If there were in your house a mile of bureaus, three acres of armoires and 17,000 drawers, all these ‘would still be stuffed full of vells, ruching, hatpins, ribbons, silk stockings, petti- coats, powder puffs and safety pins, and the best course for you to pursue would be to wrap your own things—your shirts, underclothes, and_so on—in a newspaper and keep them under the bed.”"—New York Press. EFFICACY PLUS PRAYER. Ethel, one of New Hampshire's seven- year-old daughters, is devoted to the birds. She was enraged at her older brother, whose keenest enjoyment seemed to be to trap them, Bhe pleaded with him and scolded him, but all to no effect. So Ethel took a new tack. when prayer time came the other even- ing her mother heard this final petition added to those which dealt directly with the spiritual and material welfare of the family: ‘“An’, dear God, please smash all Willie's nasty traps, for Jesus’ sake, Amen.” “Ethel, dear,” said mother, seriously, “do you really think that last is a nice thing to ask God to do? Do you expect him to do such a thing as that?” Ethel smiled beamingly, and answered: “Oh, that'll be all right, muzzer. Jes before 1 comed upstairs I smashed ‘em all my own self.”—Lippincott’s. EITHER WAY. “‘Marfe, it James asks you to marry him to-night, tell him to speak to me.” “And If he doesn’t, mamma?" “Tell him I want to speak to him!"— Woman’s Home Companion. UNWELCOME. “A delegation from Finland, sire!” an- nounced the chamberlain. The Czar strove to conceal his agitation. “Of course I cannot see my Finnish!” he answered, with characteristic Roman- oft obstinacy.—Puck. The flow’r matured is best to plok— I love them most at twenty. The love and lure of lasses, O! It one’s unwilling, let her go, Another just as sweet, we know, Somewhere for us i{s walting. Then here’s to her who loves us well, And dares the tale of rapture. tell In whispered words or bosom’s swell, Of how she fain Wwere mating. ‘Who doth not love the lasses, O! ‘Why, he’s & wight I would not know, And may he to perdition go, ‘With none to weep above him; For he is blessed above the rest ‘Whose heart responds to Cupid's test, ‘Who goes his ‘'way, sweet peace his guest, ‘With some dear lass to love him. “She used to say when they first wers married that Love forever sung his old, sweet song in her breast.”” “I know she did, but the evidence in the divorce action indicated that Love had caught auch a cold that it rulned his voice."” ‘ “He used to call her his angel before their marriage and since that event he continues to do so.” “Why, only the other day I heard him call her a ‘little devil.""” “I know, but, you see, formerly he did not specify the varlety of angel that he ‘| meant, and now he enters into particu- lars—that is ail the difference.” —— . Townsend's California glace frutts and chouicest candies in :mn.hfim‘. etched boxes. New store, 767 Market. ~ S S od: Sty Special information supplied dally to business houses and puha: men ly’“. 42. s | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen'?‘ s: Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main ‘Amergican watches have held their old Teno They are frequently asked for lately in Dutch India, where they give entire satisfaction, even in workman- s MORE ON T 48 70 WHETHER Ne BELIEVES HE PosTIVE THAT IS MIND 15 — s - | NEGATIVE GOODNESS. By Angela Morgan. NUMBER of women were discuss- ing in my hearing the troubles of a man whose wife was a klepto- “Think how terrible it is to be cursed with a habit that gives so much sorrow and trouble A maniac, when one remarked: to others! It seems to me if I had to be the slave of any weakness, T should rath- er it would be some habit that hurt enly myself."” “ Her words echoed in my mind all day. I found myseit trying to conceive of any fault, any weakness, any wrong habit in the category of human frailties that does injury to no one except the individual In- dulging it. ¢ One who pauses to consider the matter will see at once how manifestly Impossi- | ble it s to name a fault whose influence does not extend In some degree to the human family at large. We are all parts of a great whol nd when one part is weak the whole must suffer. Whether or no in the individual’s experience the ef- fect his actions have upon others is di- rectly apparent, the fact remains, never- theless, that such effect is Inevitable. “No man liveth unto himseif alone.” It is tmpossible for ome of us to do the slightest wrong without In some measure influencing not only those immediately about us, but those we never meet, as well. According to the same law it is impossible for cne of us to do the slight- est good without affecting the entire race for the better. It seems to me that, just as the slight- est movement of the smallest object in | the physical world is felt throughout the vast ocean of ether in which we live, car- rying its vibration to the remotest bounds of space, so the faintest exercise of thought, whether for good or for evil, is felt throughout that finer atmosphere which meny term the spiritual ether. No one can live any lower than his best without making it harder for the enmtire race to advance. No ons lives courage- ously and nobly without helping the race to progress. This is something we are all aware of to a certaln extent. Sages and philosophers in all ages have taught us how important is the effort of the indi- vidual in its relation to the advancement of the whole. And yet we do not even approach a realization of our responsibility in this matter, If we did there would be a far more determined effort on the part of every one to Uft the standard of daily lving. We are so prone to be satisfled with our progress simply because we are superior to the great sins and the fatal weaknesses. We look with horror upon -_— ANSWERS TO QUERIES. JUBILEE—C. J. B, City. The celebra- tion of the late Queen Victoria's golden jubilee of her reign commenced June 20, 1887, WEBBER AND FIELDS--N., City. The ‘Webber and Fields company appeared in this city within five years. The company arrived in this city February 7, 1904, and appeared at the Grand Opera-house. GINSENG — A Subscriber, French Corral, Cal. For the best information on the culture of ginseng in California write to the State Board of Horticul- ture at Sacramento, or the experimental station at the University of California at Berkeley. / THOSE DIMES-R. H. W, City. The reason that only twenty-four dimes were coined in the Branch Mint at San Fran- clsco In 1384 was that the Mint was re- quired to issue a sample and that number was deemed sufficient. . ¥ SWEAT BOX—J. O. D, Suisun, Cal “Sweat box,” a term used in connection with jails and prisons, exists more in name than in fact. What is understood in the criminal and give thanks that we have evolved beyond such degradation of soul. We belleve we are living su- perior lives because we have not the defectlve moral character of the low- minded. Because we have no wish to rob our nelghbor, to do murder, to cheat and lie and bear false witness against others, we say we are vastly superior to the per- sons that do these things. But are we, relatively speaking, bet- ter than they? If we are indulging in the minor weaknesses, the less serious errors, the habits we imagine “harm only ourselves,” are we not, considering ‘lhe difference in environment, training and natural predilection, quite as guilty as they of retarding the worid's prog- ress. . A woman may be far superior to & life of dissipation, recklessness and sin; she may walk In the most approved path, ard seem to have a character none can criticize; yet in lnnumerable ways she may be neglecting to make the best of existence. She may be in- dulging in trivial aims or in intellec- tual sloth. Sbe may be selfish, or ill- | tempered, narrow, spiteful, petiy and unaspiring. A man may think because he does not drink to excess, or abuse his wife, | or gamble he is a very upright speei- men of humanity. But if he is neglect- ing to make the most of his every abil- ity he is a very poor specimen of man It is this negative goodness, this fail- ure to do our sterling best, quite as much as the positive sinning of the criminally born, that is holding us all back from progress. One writer well says: “Every unit of the race is essential to the whola while the whole is the wealth snd in- heritance of every unit.” It would be well for all of us to re member this when we are tempted t4 excuse ourselves for minor shortcom- ings. There is no such thing as a fauilt or habit that “harms only one's self.” Let each one live up to his highest, that the race may more speedily ad- vance. SUMMER FROCK FOR THE WEB MAID. TYLES may come and styles imay go, but never has there been and never will there be anything quite so becoming to the small maid, the wearer of things dainty and frilly, as the Mother ‘ Hubbard. The finest of plain g H i : = g . while the broad collar effect, which reaches well out over the sho-.der line, | is treated in a like manner. The skirt and yoke are joinéd together Y means of a fine embroldery } beading, through which ip run baby blue satin ribbon, which the many looped rosette the ruffles’ edge. g i (