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a ;Cashier-~MHdame, /I ;i cannot
honor : this "check: \ ; You ':' have
already..^- ov-erdrawn -'your hus
band's account.'- :'\u25a0': i \ . "
*i? Mrs. i-.Wedaweek— Don't »\ be
silly. .\u25a0*•\u25a0', There are;" twenty-eight
checks still left rin this check;
book that I used at all.'
a . - :.. . .
THE': STUPID BANK.
HAD FELT HIS FOOT.
The Girl— Pajra. is a pessi
mist.
The Boy— Yes: I've noticed
that he is somewhat of a kicker.
§ NOT AS USUAL.
Blanche .* (indignantly) — He
was *not himself.
'Will-— No." He wa3^sober.
;: ; A DIFFERENCE. \
V c.;.; She — Are you; fishing?
\u25a0'\u25a0-•\u0084 .': He— No: I'm* angling. If I
v ; ; was fishing I'd have hada bite
long ago. '.
Already people; are predicting that Senator Newland's minority report on
the railroad rate problem will be a real nice piece of fancy work. 1 — Washington
Times ' ' . . \u25a0 ~Z-~;": - \u25a0 -•\u25a0 ' \u25a0 . . • .. \u25a0\u25a0 - .
>»J« s ?. me . m * n .hay«. hay «, 8U . ehc h vanity that when. they are kicked down stairs they
enn make themselves believe nobody else" could come down that 'way— Xew
York Press.
cestry., is of i great valueito him.
Beefand-r-How ?-/\;' . ::
;> Scotch'
? .and- Irl«h,' and; when' he. is in
- vitted r to ' drink =he - takes both.'
.-..,.: HIS -^NCESTRY. • .
Hainmand^He says : his an-
No wonder Secretary Hay continues to improve in health in such a town
as Ner\i,, ltaly. It sounds es'if it were right out' of the medicine chest —
Detroit Journal. * * \u25a0
Rider Haggard finds that this is a country of loud noise. If Rider decides
to spend the glorious Fourth with us he will be confirmed in that "opinion.—
Milwaukee Sentinel.
It has been discovered that Japan began the fight before formally de
claring war, but is that any worse than Russia's trying to fight after the war
is over? — Saginaw News. V \ '
-. Major William W. Armstrong, who invented the rooster' as the Demo
cratic emblem, haa Just died without euggesttng" what- the bird was to crow
about.: — -New York World. .. ' . j
THE PRESS OF THE NATION.
. . fip«plal Information fupijlJ^d «lally> f>
business heuses n'n<J public' men by th<
P?fs* Ctipvlhg Bur«ku jAllen's). 30"Cail.
xornU. street. TeU phone Main 104 C ." • "
JUST TWO MINUTES WITH THE FUNMAKERS
Everything /in . Its Place.
She— l hid a $5 bill-in this dictionary
yesterday and r I can't "find it any
where. ' '' '.'\u25a0'- . :
He— Did you look ' among the Ye.
dear?— Ycnkers Statesman. *. ; .
•.Tovvnsfcnd's* pala.T'Glact!; Fruits, in ar
tistic, fire-etched.'. boxes! . lO'.Kearny st
and new store jiow opeh..T«7 Market it. •
BUNTING-A. S.. Lockford, Cal.
The people of the United States rec
ognize the red, white and blue and in
France the people recognize the blue,
white' and red. In the United States
the :dominai ing color, red. Is placed
at. top fh using plain bunting for. dec
oration: . in, France, blue is placed at
the top. but in, the United States if
cloth with stars' in the blue space Is
used" for decorative purposes, this
just, packed the apples in and haaded
'em up with burlap. "For.* says l.tb
lier, "I believe "in c reciprocity, and I'm
bound he shall have Just as good meas
use of "apples as we get of flour,'. I
says. N-.->v, don't it beat all?"— Youth's
Companion. " ' , -
CLASS PI X— A. S.. San Gregorio,
Cal. Whether, a person desires to wear
a class lain after graduating is a mat
ter of taste \u25a0with the individual. This
department does not know. erf any law
or rule of etiquette that declares that
one who has graduated .may not "ap
propriately wear the same."
"I can't."' said the provision dealer,
with "apparent distress of mind. ' "I
sniini, I can't! There I. had' my wife
send • me down three of your barrels
that we've been getting Hour in, and
The' owner of the Makepiece Flour
mills, looked sternly at the provision
dealer who had for some years sup
plied, the .wants of his household.
"Those last appies you sent ''us were
good," he, said, with a keen eye fixed
on the other man's face, "but they were
in undersized barrels, my wife tells me,
smaller than ever'" before. She says
that the barrels would scarcely
make two and a half of the proper size.
How, do .you account for : it?"
Mrs.New-Ma called in the old pr.
For the baby had tantrums that Shr.
Said the stern old M. D.:
"It is ciiiite plalni to see
The infant is spoiled, "cause you Rr."
—Pathfinder.
RECIPROCITY* BUSINESS.
AIXT-L. L. S.; Oakland. Cal. Al
fred Ayers in the "Verbalist" on the
common word "ain't" 'writes as fol
lows: "Ain't cannot be called a con
traction^ a.nd however much It may be
employed* it will still be only a vul
garism."
"T^ESTIMOXY given recently before the Interstate Commerce
| Commission in Chicago, that the profits of the Arniour car lines
*\u25a0 on icings of the cars ran as high as 500 to Coo per cent, and that
rebates have been given to favored parties of 50 per cent and over,
reminds us of the big profits in a general way that are made by the
transportation companies out of the California fruit industry. There
is a newly published pamphlet giving the report and opinion of the
commission in some cases of the Southern California Frujt Ex
change and the Consolidated Forwarding Company versus the va
rious railroads which transport their fruit, and therein it is shown
that the citrus fruit traffic alone yielded the Southern Pacific over
one-twenty-sixth of its total freight revenue, and that the charge
lor this is about four times as much per ton as for airfreight. The
figures, were S2 53 for average freight and $10 for each ton of
citrus fruit.
From those figures it is seen that the -fruit industry is paving
an immense proportion of the revenue of the roads; but it is j/mall
when compared to the proportion which the Atchisoii, Topeka ami
Santa Fe proper makes the fruit pay. A. study of the revenues ot
that system for 1903 shows that the average for each ton of freight
was $270.2-3, but that the amount obtained from the transporta
tion of citrus fruit was $21 per ton. It is admitted that the cost of.
transporting the fruit is largely in excess of general freight, but this
difference is far exceeded in the charges. In the above-mentioned
report and opinion of the commission the subject of charges i (or re- •
frigeration is considered, but owing to the insufficiency of evidence
then given in the commission did not feel justified in' condemning
the refrigerating charges as unreasonable.
If the testimony given the other day by an ex-stenographer of
the Armour; Company, who knew the secret. cipher of the; company, ,
showing .the enormous profits of the car lines' and the uiiconscion- j
able extent of the favoritism in rebates, be accepted by the conunis- !
sion as reliable,, then the next published report and opinion of the
Interstate Commerce Commission • will probably make a much
stronger statement of the unreasonably big profits with which rail
roads, car lines and favored acceptors of secret rebates are enrich
ing themselves out 'of .
PROFITS ON SHIPPING FRUIT.
ALimu-UMERICK,"
STEAMItu— S. F., City. The steam
ship WiiheTm II *vaa built in ISO 3. The
nuinbor of mm required to handle
large mean steamers depends upon the
vessel and the traffic in which she is
engaged. Some have as* many as 400
men.
RAILROAD— P. M.. City. The San
Francisco and San Jose Railroad was
incorporated July 21. IS6O, with a capi
tal stock of J2.000.000. Of this. $600,000
•was subscribed for by residents of San
Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara
counties. The corporation reserved
stock of the value of $500,000 and the
! remaining $300,000 was raised by the
! issuing of bonds. On October 17, 1353.
i the first train passed over •• ta» road
from Sixteenth and. Mission streets
San Francisco, to the Big Tree Station.
!on the San Franci3quito " Creek. On
: January 16. 1564. the road was opened
to San Jose. Subsequently the depot
was opened at Market street, where the
power-house of the Market-street sys
tem is now located, and on February
14, 1865, the depot on Brannan street
was formally opened and was then re
moved to Third and Townsend streets
The first directors of the corporation
were Peter Donohue. C. B. Polhemus.
H. M. Newhall. B. F. Mann. Timothy
Dame. T. G. Phelps and O. H. Bodflsh,
The first railroad depot in San Fran
cisco was that of the Market Street
Railway Company, which obtained its
charter In 1557. but did not commence
to grade " for the roadbed until May
two years later. An experimental trip
was made July 4. 1860. . The depot was
on the north side of Market street, near
Front The road ran that year to the
Willows and In ISB2 it was extended
to Twenty-fifth street.
NEVADA— F. and J., City. The State
of Nevada is represented in Congress
by two Senators and one Representa
tive.
takes the place of the flag and the
blue, as the blue starred corner of the
flag is placed uppermost.
THANKFUL FOR THE CAR.
DOGS AS SMUGGLERS.
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.
are overlay panels with fancy outlines which run'ln plain, straight lines
from waist to hem. The hat 13 one of the new plateau shapes in pale
blue erin, built uo at the left side with a bandeau and trimmed with
forget-me-nots, while dark blue plumes are posed on top in front; the
new coiffure hair, net is worn with those top-tilted shapes, thus keeping
the coiffure smooth and unruffled. *
LATEST MODE IN THE $>EMITAILLEUR.
It is the dressier. designs in the tailor-made that hold the center of
th,e stage sartorial at this writing. Dressy, but yet with all the trig, fit
and trimnpss of the tailor's art. The new Alice shade of blue — rather an
intense tint, somewhat upon the Dresden shading— is used, and a deeper
tint in sapphire velvet is applied in tiny touches here and there upon the
gown. The material is one of the coarser sicillsnnes, the coarse canvas
weaves being highly esteemed for those dressy tailor-mades. The bodice
is 'close-fitting, revealing every -line and ciirve of the figure. A lace vest,
.with fancy appliques ot velvet passed down the front, narrowing to a
point at the wai3t line/ The sleeve is half-length, full and puffy, shirred
at the shoulder, and because of the closeness of the fit the dress shield la
indispensable with this new cut. The ekirt is shirred at the waist line
over the hips, and ends at the knee with a group .of ten tucks, hand-run
and one inch deep. Below this a side-pleated flounce is set in. and there
Why not, even as they occur, forget
the disagreeable happenings of every
.day, storing the mind instead with
cheering pictures?
If you want to be a joyous individ
ual,'a truly blessed human being, for-;
get everything that would keep you
f rom - being ! such". Remember only the
things that cheer, stimulate and in
spire.
Crow's feet, wrinkles and lips turned
down at the corners speak eloquently,
of refusal or. failure to forget. Why
not prevent the molding of the fea
tures into unattractive lines by reso
lutely putting, away every thought
that does not make for harmony and
beauty? : '
"Whenever you see hard, bitter, un
yielding lines about a human mouth
you may be sure that person is stub
bornly clinging to some memory he
ought long ago , to have erased . from
his mind. . -
out the records, we ought , to forget.
This is a^ duty every individual who
would , be healthy and happy owes to
himself as well as to others. .
The people who are able to do this
are younger, healthier and happier
than those who cherish grudges,
grouches and Worries. Look about
you at the faces you encounter and
you can easily determine whether
their owners know how to : forget by
the lines graven in the flesh—-butpic
turings of memories graven on the"
mind, f ' . ~ . '
; Superintendent Foster of the New
Orleans Street Railway. Compuny, for
merly with the Boston and Northern
at Salem, toldUhe following story to
a Boston Herald man'of the days when
"spotters" were much in evidence on
the cars:
A young fellow who had charge of
one of the Salem Willows cars during
the rush of the season Was suspected
of more than the ordinary- •knocking
down." He turned in", his -trips, at the
Salem office, and the "\u25a0 cashier, *whb was
aware of what was going on, said,
'JJiank you." The next trip he turn
ed in. still lens, and the polite cashier
thanked him agaiu. The next trip he"
brought in still less money, butvthe"
cashier, was there with hlsV smiling
"thank you." ; : ':' , y %¥^
"What the deuce are you thanking
me for ?" asked the conductor.
"For bringing- in the car," replied
the cashier. I .... . ';.'\u25a0 v"
KING EDWARD, like most Euro
pean sovereigns, is out of the
reach of what Is known as com
\u25a0 jnon law; that is, the law which
is binding on every subject of the
crown.
Special laws control the action of
jthe sovereign, among others being: <m«
which forbids him to take an action
in the civil courts against any of his
subjects. His Majesty, however, can
institute criminal proceedings against
any person, but if he does so his evi
dence h,as to .be taken on . commission ;
that is, it must be. read out in court
and sworn to as being true by some
official, for .under no- circumstances
'can the \u25a0 sovereign ever apear person
ally in any. court of law. Three years
ago King . Edward prosecuted a man
for forging : his name to a check
drawn on Coutts' Bank, when his
Majesty's evidence; was taken on com
mission. This is the solitary instance
of i King Edward f. having .^.proceeded
against a subject in a criminal court,
though as Prince of Wales he ap
peared as the plaintiff in two or three
civil actions, which he .was entitled
to do, being then a- subject 'of the
crown. Any ; subject can take' a civil
action in ';' England against the sover
eign by presenting to Parliament. what
is known as a "petition of right," in
which! must be fully stated the nature
of the petitioner's ciaim and the evi
dence he is prepared to support his
case w - ith. The petition is then re
ferred to the law lords in the House
of Lords, • who decide whether the j ac
tion against the sovereign is to be
heard or. riot; but as a matter of fact,
no action against the sovereign has
been taken by a subject of the British
crown* for the past 100 years.
The Kaiser is not permitted to in
stitute personally any -proceedings'
against a subject either in a civil or
criminal court and no legal action can
be taken against his imperial Majesty,
except for debt, in which case the
plaintiff must sue . the* Comptroller of
the Imperial Household. Not: long
since a wine merchant sued the Kaiser,
through the Comptroller of the House
hold v for $15. ; The money was claimed
as interest due on an outstanding ac
count, and the merchant won his case;
but as the German law- decrees that
mo costs can be . given : against the
Kaiser .the merchant did not gain
much by, winning his action.
If the King; of Italy enters into any
litigation with a subject a special
court is summoned for the hearing of
the case. The King must appear per
sonally as -a witness, , but he posseses
! the' privilege, of declining to answer
any questions put' to him by counsel.
If ih<i King wins his action the sub
ject has the right to appeal, , but this
simply nieans that the case. will ;be re
tried before the same court, and most
probably will', result in a confirmation
of the original -.verdict.
The' present King 'of Italy has only
Qnee taken an action against a subject,
which was for breach' of contract ; in.
connection .'with some j painting' work
that a house decorator had undertaken
to do at the loyal palace, but which
he never completed, although he . had
been paid lor the wc-rk. The case,
however, was settied, out, of court by
the contractor rttunding the mopey. he
was sued for.
The Czar can be sued in the civil
courts .of Russia by any of his sub
jects, but this has not been done for
many years, tor the simple reason. that
the man who did : go, wnother he had
a good case or not, .would certainly
end his days in a Siberian prison/
COMMERCIAL SKIES STILL CLEAR.
ANGELA MORGAN
Train Yourself to Remember Only Things TKat
Gheer r and - Inspire. •
HOW RULERS
TO GO
LAW.
LEARN HOW TO FORGET
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
JOHN D. SPKECKELS Proprietor
. ADDRESS HZ COMMUNICATIONS TO ' ' f
JOHN McNACGHT i;iJL!JJ^JLLLlllur^^^^v^--MaaagCf
PLBUCATIOX OFFICE THIRD AND. MARKET STREETS. SAX FRAWCISCO
MONDAY •• • .....MAY 15, 1905
THE SAN, FRANCISCO'- CALL." .MONDAY. .MAY 15, 1905.
MIRROR OF DAME FASHION
8
WHATEVER new feature to the financial and commercia
situation was exhibited last week- was in the New York
stock market, which dropped off materially in the volume of
(business; which accounts for the decrease in, the aggregate clearings
oi the country from over $3,000,000,000 to $2,622,500,000. There
was no pronounced tendency in stock quotations either up or- down,
some days being higher and others lower. Les,s public interest in
stocks -was manifest, however, and the market was reported pretty
well back into professional hand? again.
One active firm of brokers issued a statement saying that it
had spent two weeks looking over and checking up the condition of
large New York commission houses, and had found that the aver
age commission house has now only from 10 to 40 per cent of its
usual line of securities, which means that from 60 to 90 per cent of
customers have sold their securities, either at a profit or a Joss. It
concludes by saying that these relinquished securities are. now
owned by the wealthiest men in America and the large financial
institutions in New York. In other words, the public has agjjain
left the market. "?] , .
Be this as it may, the clearings themselves, though smaller than
for several weeks, still indicate general trade expansion throughout
ihe country, the increase over the corresponding week in 1904 being"
29.6 per cent, with every important trade center except Providence
and St. Joseph, Mo., showing a gain over last. year, ranging from
42 per cent at New York down. Philadelphia increased 35.9 per
cent, Pittsburg d/.i per cent, San Francisco u.i per cent, Minne
apolis 18.7 per cent, and so on. The gains at' -Boston and Chicago
were small, being 2.8 and 4 per cent respectively.. The feature of
1 lie clearings was still the general gain throughout the country.
Mad it not been for the stormy weather, which cut seriously into
the retail trade, the gains would probably have been much larger.
liven as it was, the showing was excellent.
Another feature worthy of attention was the flattering exhibit
made by the winter wheat crop. The Government report on the
condition of the crop showed it to be 92.5 per cent, against 76.5 on
the same date in 1904, and 85.7 as the mean average for the past
ten years. Tins is a brilliant showing for the winter wheat, though
since the report was made up there has been considerable deteriora
tion of I the crop in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and several other
States, owing to excessive rains, rust and the Hessian fly. ,But this
deterioration does not thus far seriously impair the condition of the
crop as a whole, especially as the seeding of the spring wheat has
been pretty well finished. The adverse weather, however, has re
tarded corn and cotton planting, which is about two weeks late.
Aside from tj^cse two features — the decreased trading in Wall
street and the crop conditions — there is nothing especially new in
the general trade situation. The president of the United States
Steel Corporation has gone to Europe and reports that his vast
company has never been in such good condition as at present, while
his views of the steel industry are decidedly optimistic. The differ
ent iron and steel mills continue to report an active business, while
the lumber and building trades have all the orders they can attend
to, according to^heir reports to the mercantile agencies. Money is
still abundant, with rates of interest low, showing continued ease in
funds, and collections are fully up to the average. The money cic
culation of the country increased $19,000,000 in April. Provisions
< : re firm, the situation in coffee being particularly strong, statisti
cally considered, but sugar has lately declined.
The export trade of the country still makes an excellent show!
ing. That of San Francisco is exceptionally good. The foreign
shipments from this port in Aprii were $5,7*58,694,. a falling-off of
about $1,000,000 from March, but $2,600,000 over April, 1904, and
$2,800,c00 over April, 1503. For the first four months of the year
the exports from this port amounted to $20,000,000, against $13,450,
000 during the same period in 1904. This exhibit ought to satisfy
almost anybody. . '
These facts about cover the current commercial situation and
show it to be sound and encouraging. The year 1905 has thus far
shown no unfavorable condilions, nor is it likely to, as far as pres
ent indications go. The usual summer lull is approaching, however,
but that always occurs with mere or less intensity and, being one
of the regular features of trade, need cause no apprehension' when it
appears. *\'it^ * ? :t'V '
ONE of the secrets of being happy
is learning how to forget. If
i you have found it exceedingly
difficult to form the cheer habit, ..no'
doubt the trouble lies in your- failure
j to forget.
I Do you know why it is that so often
| when you struggle to think optimism 1
1 you think pessimism, and when you
strive to maintain a, courageous, hope
iul attitude you fail? It is because
'\u25a0 your memory slate is filled* with im
j pressions you ought, to erase— imprest
of past thoughts. that are glum,
\u25a0 cheerless and discouraging to the last
'_ degree. --"'."/ f 1 •'.:/.
' You .are, writing your che.er thoughts
right on top of your blue thoughts,
with the result that the latter blur the
! impression of the former and hence
nullify their effect. •
j Every day adds new/ records, new
'• impressions to your; memory slate. Do
you realize that you have the right to
, decide which, you shall permit to re
i main and which you shall forget? It
is entirely in the power of every hu
i man- being to select for his memory
! slate the impressions he' wishes* to pre
serve and to reject those he would not
remember.
Why should you remember any ex
cejjt the things that help and inspire
you — the things that -contribute to
your well-being?- "Why should you
ever cherish the disagreeable mem
ories?
It is my conviction that when we
permit the ugly impressions to remain
we err, and err grievously. It is aston
ishing how prone we are to sin in this
way. .
It is amazing how, we harbor in our
minds the hateful, unpleasant things
and exaggerate them.
The grewsome story, the unfortun
ate occurrence,, the unflattering re
mark some one passed about vs — these
memories are hard to banish. Our
minds cling to them, often as if fascin
ated. . /
With most of us the tendency is to
let the unhappy impressions sink
deeper than the happy ones. It seems
to be a weakness of human nature to
dwell upon its grievances.
But if we really intend to cultivate
the habit of. happy thinking we must
overcome allthis, and a sure way to
do it is to form the habit of definitely
erasing the. things we -ought not to re
member. .
Every night it is possible to go over,
our memory slates and definitely wipe
Trained dogs are the most accom
plished of smugglers between Franca
and Belgium, says a writer in the New
York Press. They evade; with rich
booty of silks and wines and other val
uable '•impedimenta." neatly strapped
to their backs, the most lyrix-reyed of
officers. They enter thoroughly into the
spirit of the occasion, and seem to ap
preciate the fact that they take des
perate chances and that their 'lives are
at stake. They start off with precious
burdens, know by instinct where tha"
lookouts are posted, and, make a' wide
detour. But If they think (yes, dogs
think) they, have been "spotted" they
sneak ur.dor some bushes and He; low
Tor a whole 'night,' If need be, till the
coaet is clear; then off they jgo like
the wind till they reach their destina
tion.
These faithful arid; wary brutes are
rewarded by a friendly pat on the head,
or a good bis piece of boionga.or some
such delicacy so deaf to-, the canine
heart,' be he of high! or low degree.'
Similar smuggling,; It is said, goes on
over the delectable .ground of Alsace
and Lorraine fronv France to, Germany,
and viee i versa. > Do' riot imagine for a'
moment that these dogs are French
poodles. Great Danes, Newfoundlands
and St. Bernards are principally used. '
IJach will carry goods valued, at frprh
$100 to: $2aO. There used to .be ; great
slaughter of. them, 86 a reward of 3
francs was given by the customs au
thorities for- every one" selxed.^.