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8 THE SAN FRANCISGQ GALL JOHX D. SPRECKELS •« \u2666> ..Proprietor ADDRESS Alii COMMUNICATIONS TO. " POHy aicXAUGHT. . . . . . . . \u2666 ...... ... ... .Manager PUBLICATION OFTICD -THIRD AND MARKET BTREETTS, BAN FRANCESCO MONDAY JANUARY I, 1906 THE past year has been a history maker. The Japanese-Russian war has changed the political geography of Eastern Asia. The shadow of Russian primacy in Manchuria and Korea has passed away. Half of the great island of Saghalien has "returned to the Mikado. Korea has become a Japanese dependency with every promise and prospect of improvement in its administration and the condition of its people. Its destiny is to be assimilated entirely, by Japan, making that empire a continental power. China is faithfully preparing to go forward by the adoption of popular and representa tive institutions, without the intervention of violent revolution. v These changes in Eastern Asia are of the keenest interest to the whole world. Since the subjugation of liyiia and Burmah by a Western nation,and the extension of Russian power into Asia it has been confidently expected that all Asia would come under Euro pean control, by conquest, aggression and craft, and its different nations would be held as subject peoples. The partition of , China between several nations, starting from their zones of influence, has been treated as a near certainty, and France, Germany and Great Britain provided themselves a footing from which to advance the carving process. This policy is nipped by the rise of Japan. , The results will not only be large from the Asiatic standpoint, but bene ficial to the world. It would not have advanced the- happiness of mankind for Russia to have subjugated Manchuria, nor for the Western nations to have partitioned China. The Asiatics have their own civilization, genius, point of view and personality, and it is better for the world that they progress on their own lines than that they be dominated by a different race and a civilization, also racial, that they will not assimilate. It is in line with natural conditions that Japan, the most pro •gressive, shall take over Korea, the most backward of Asiatic nations. But it would have been out of line with natural conditions for this to have been done by Russia, the most backward of -European nations. The 3^ear 1905 records these portentous changes for the benefit of the world's peace and prosperity and the neighborly fellowship of the nations. It witnessed also the close of the greatest war in history. Stories are being told derogatory to Japan, intended to belittle her victories. But in the world's' book of heroes will be written the story of the besiegers of Port Arthur and the' victors in the naval battle of the Sea of Japan. . . Japan has ahead of her a period of depression and of distress, resulting from the strain and waste of war. But a people that can defend themselves so consummately in war may be relied upon to work out a prosperous destiny in peace. The past year in its closing weeks saw the beginning of a death grapple between Russian autocracy and the people, and the end is not yet. It has seemed an outbreak of maHness, of .bloody reaction from the repression of ages, a blind and beastly struggle, appalling to the world. If it do no more, it will 'force whatever government is left at its close to consider internal conditions and the reform of domestic administration rather than expeditions far afield in search of land and glory. Our own land enters the new year with impetus unabated, going forward with resistless energy. Our known resources have only been scratched and are continually re-enforced by the transfer of capacities from the latent the potential. Planted upon the richest of the continents we have nothing but our own wealth and poweg-to fear. Croakers see signs that indicate to them the decay of our institutions and the decline of patriotism. But this is a, vision of the jaundiced eye. We go on making money, eating and drinking, sowing, reaping and gathering into barns, apparently insVnsible to emotions other than those that attend upon material accumulation. But fhere is within us something deeper than all this. It is* the sentimental, foundation of self-government and the spirit of sacrifice for its main tenance. We pay no attention to the croakers who see what they want to see. But when occasion requires we drop money-getting and go where the country needs us and die as gallantly for the insti tutions of freedom as did our fathers who died to make them possible. Political pseudo-philosophers want to make radical changes in our Government, objecting'to it that the people accumulate property by individual exertion. Such accumulation results from the enlighten ment of our laws and the integrity of their administration. Where property has no legal protection it is taken and held lawlessly by the strong hand that can defend it. -Here the weak are equal with the strong and the earnings of the humblest industry may be trans mitted into real property that is as safe as the holdings of the mil lionaire. The pseudo-philosophers want a commonwealth founded on the social failures and diseases. Our Government is founded on the social health and success. The new year approaches radiant with promise. May it be happy to all our countrymen and to all the world. FILIPINO NEEDS. TAT" • •«* \u25a0\u25a0'.\u25a0''"'-*\u25a0"'\u25a0".. INDUSTRIAL and economic ills are the chief causes of -distress in the Philippine Islands, according to the report of AthertOn Brownell, who accompanied Secretary Taft through the archi pelago last summer and made a careful survey: of the situation.; He went as the representative of Public Opinion, and is. now writing a series of articles for that paper giving the results of his investigation. Attention is diverted from these economic ills because of the stirring up of political discontent and the imagination that political change would be a panacea for the lack of prosperity. The writer of the papers is not an anti-imperialist, but he says the people of the islands are hungry and in want. New legislation will be introduced at the present Congress in regard to the islands. The questions, 'involved are said to be among* the most difficult ever presented to our Government. It is not merely that opinions differ widely as to the, best policy, but there is such a conflict-as to the statement of facts upon which to base a judgment. It is one of the peculiarities of the complex situation there that ample data can be found for very varied contentions. One of the visiting Congressmen remarked that the only, people' who knew anything about the islands are those who have never 'been there. 6 The conflicting opinions about the Filipinos may be divided into three, principal classes. The first Is that of officialdom, which re gards the. islands as pacified and everything going fairly well under a paternal government that is leading the people \u25a0 .toward self-govern ment. The second is- that of the anti-imperialists, which holds that we are misgoverning a people who wish to be and ought to be free, ; but simply lack the power to throw off the foreign yoke in the way. in which our own country made itself independent of England. The third is the non-partisan, outside view of students of colonization as it has been practiced heretofore by superior over inferior races. These think that our plan is Utopian ?and cannot succeed' with a people so based on Malay blood that they can never live up to our high standards, and therefore the' only rule is one of mastery arid exploitation. The question of methods of benefit that Brownell raises are as lo whether the Government had not better change its policy of;re striction" to American enterprise in making large: developments- a^fd giving employment to the islanders. The soil and mineral re sources there are said to be the richest , in the world, but I the re striction of each individual to forty acres and of each corporation to 2soo acres prevents improved methods of cultivation and exploita tion. * , Perhaps the Secretary of State is going to Brazil to: sce;how the cele brated Brazilian. nuts take Root. — Philadelphia North American. President McCall will not resign under fire: So cease-firing, everybody. Milwaukee SentineL, : HAIL 1906 1 THE SAN - FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY. JANUARY 1,, 190 G. wm/l WF.-^^Kl - .JJwr .' ..^^^^^__hß ''"'" B J VP^^^^kj^L^^^^^mT^^^^l ~^^D i_.!l^—^ —^g.— _sl^jlHE - p*^^^^L^*m*^ .JPs^fc^J UNSOCIABLE HUSBANDS ANGELA MORGAN 1, AM asked what I think of the u'nso- ; clable husband who v.-on't talk to his •wife and family when he comes home at night and who spoils the pleasure of the evening gathering by settling into a non-communicative calm . too \u25a0 heavy to< be broken by the kindest persuasion or the most eager questioning. , , Such a husband, I am told, no matter what the anxiety of.; those at home to hear * the events of -the .outer world dis cussed, stubbornly; refuses to gratify that desire, nor does he give any .\u25a0 reason for : Euch refusal. ' \u25a0' .'' I- He simply won't talk, and that, is the end of the matter. t . . * This is * not the first time I have been approached /on the. subject of the unso ciable husband. Women .have ] frequently confided to me. their. unhappiness over the, fact "that their, lifo partners : had devel- , oped this most deadening 'and discourag ing habit; and have told me. what; gloom had settled upon the home life because ! of it. ;. I Certainly it would seem .that the man ! who has no interest in the intellectual enlightenment of his wife or. his family and no appreciation of ' the natural inter est they, feel in 'the Important- events of ' the world — events which he, because : of his broader experience, . could : discuss so easily-, if he would only .take ; the trouble — is a man deserving. of censure. But there are' two' sides to -this ques tion, as there are to every question. .What a pity it is that it should be ' so difficult for, 'the' wife to get a; clear vision of -the husband's ; side, and for him to perceive the justice in' hers! • 7 If -woman's ! love had . more : of ; the ..mas-" culine In.it, and. man's love partook of the feminine element, ;- the impartial .view 1 .would be possible for both husband and wife;: . , •', \/' >'>'.; \; _' '\u25a0';'\u25a0\u25a0.] - '.'_ . If the^ wife " could." take the husband's view; if she were." qualified ' through !the masculine .' element to appreciate ' his side, ;this is what; she ';, would ;\u25a0: discover about her husband's unsociable* tendencies: She would see 'that-.when he returns ! from a , day's .battled. with ? the problems .. of th« larger world « he * is ; thoroughly tired out/ eager - for relaxation, and , not .at ; all ; dis posed to \u25a0. exert himself .in conversation.- She 'would, understand -c that . he has \u25a0;\u25a0 been I talking business, ; finance, ' news— all ' the "big" ; subjects— until he ; is utterly .weary •of them and ready, for. a change ; . that ; the very, topics she yearns to hear i discussed Tare topics \u25a0:- that ? belong t» \ that . Jostling, turbulent world he is so anxious to forget: Y-. She would, see that? one of the- dearest delights home ". off efs I him is. the' chance to drop all /the affalrSi of rthei outer life 1 and give himself ., to non-exertion and tranquillity; ;', that '. he 5 revels". ln not being called upon' to think or^ to, talk. On "I the-!, other;- hand, \u25a0 lf>.the -man : -could take the woman's lyiew.-rhe ( would realize Just this: That his wife has probably had no chance to come; in touch with" matters outside oft the '{ domestic" or ; social * sphere"; that , she . craves i- a 'breath ; of ; ; the) larger realm,- and * that her f intellect feels ; keenly theVneed " of, expansion . through j' ; contact with his: : "He would understand that the placid, at xnosphere'of domesticity in' which "she has lived - and breathed [ all day needs ' to =be MISTER BUNION COWifllT. tWtciv Mi REwl^t^RNWii JaUWIiIRCw'VW MHUT6*i freshened and Invigorated by a current of new, stimulating, helpful' thought ; that her. mental life will stagnate unless such reviving forces do enter it. He would recollect ' that one of " *ie strongest reasons for their marriage was the need bothiof 'them felt -for; compan ionship—not only the companionship of the affections, but 'of the: mind and soul. He would realize that a successful^mar riage is impossible without interchange of thought, contact of ideas, the giving and taking, of mental and spiritual; nourish ment. He would rouse. himself to satisfy the higher- longings "- of the > woman to whom he has joined his interests' for life." r After all,. what a pity so many husbands forget and neglect all this r How.unfortu nate that thousands', of women must re sign themselves to the . ."dead-level exist ence whichis sure to follow ."a* husband's failure to minister to the spiritual and intellectual needs of .his wife. ,\-I cannot help believing. that the reason marriage often degenerates Into humdrum and monotony Is. thatVthere is no all round companionship, and this happens frequently -.because the hub-band does not exert himself to respond to his -wife's In tellectual demands. , >' If a man considered 'his wife's interests instead of his own. I wonder if he • could not ' give 1 her ' more of the sustenance her mental activities require?- ' £$&&§£i .J. I believe if man's love had ' in it more of \u25a0 the maternal this .would certainly be possible.'. Does a mother stop- to think how tired -she is when 1 her "child begs, for a story at night? Husbands,' try. to overcome your inertia and encourage your. wives in! their longing for a * larger intellectual i outlook::; If .-, you are too tired; to "do this, don't be surprised or hurt when you find , the women flock ing to their clubs for comfort.: . • AS A TtST. The __ professor was \u25a0 examining ; a . dark brown substance spread on paper, when he was interrupted by a visit from a friend. > ."I say,;would you kindly let me place a little bit of this on your. tongue?". said, the man 'of learning \u25a0. to 1 the « newcomer. ' "My taste has become vitiated by sampling all sorts of things." '; ; "Certainly," responded . \ the "friend, thrusting out: his tongue. , :-The f professor' took :up '"a little 'of \ the substance under analysis and placed it on the | other's I tongue." The latter -worked \u25a0it round for'* fully, a minutej tasting it: much as he would a sweet -\u25a0:\u25a0 - - \u25a0- - : ; .J'fNote any effect?" inquired; the pro fessor.; "No,, none."; ''\u25a0 '\u25a0-..... .,...'.' § "It doesn't -paralyze or prick your tongue?" : ; '. ."Not; that" I 'can detect." i"I thought, riot. How, does it taste?";, * /"Um-m;, all r right.'' ': .'.fWhat^s It?'' inquired the^frierid. "I don't know.: -That's .what 'l'm ;trying to find out: Some one • has ; been' poisoning horses -nith it."— Tit-Bits. \-: • \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '. "Learning I- Languages s by j Telephorie," Is. the ".titlevofj; an; article iin'.;thei ; Daily Mail. .Telephone "j girls, : we (understand," have learned! quite -'a', lot of language that way.-^— London Punch::." ; .. . : SAMJ^MJ JNEW. £*<7JUHLIJN^ JViVW. THE BOSS AND THE SPINSTER LITTLE Miss Primrose lives in a quiet street, and has the third floor 'apartment |n a neatly kept flat building-, desirable at the time she , rented It., several years ago. because it had light and air. all about] it.. though situated. in the middle" of the block.. ... Then the lots next to the one she was on came. to be improved. A double : fiat building, very like the one she was living in, .was to occupy the ' space where site had had her little bed of mignonette In, the summer, her two pet trees were to be destroyed, and all the pretty^ patch of green turf given over to toiling horses and large, hard-work ing, men. :. , - ;,; It ; is the way of the city, and Miss Primrose did not repine. She found a great deal of interest'ln the way that the men .worked. They were so sure, so skillful, so deft and so quick. in their movements, ' the bricklayers and stonemasons, the /carpenters and the rest, that she felt a little thrill of pride in the thought that these were Ameri can workmen. There -was no swearing and no coarseness of speech. Instead there was a great' deal of quiet fun, and the colored men who mixed the mortar and carried J the hod were singing or danc ing .whenever, they could find a moment for relaxation. ; ' \u25a0 ;.When ; the new building reached the level of her' own; lloor, a* change: came over .the ; proceedings. A large, stout, red T f aced man whom . the ' colored folk called . "boss" appeared. It , was his function, to make the men under him work harder, and the only way he know "how to accomplish this was by the' use' of "much; language, loud,, vul gar, and profane.- .' The singing and the fun stopped, every, glance away.'' from the ' task in hand . called ; for .a curse, and- Mtes Primrose ; was '; greatly distressed. The second \- day she i determined to " atop : it. \u25a0 She reached her .; back : porch, opposite the point where the ; boss had ; been' do ing \ his : loudest -swearing, in . time to hear/a ' taller,: and .more dignified '\u25a0 man, perhaps the owner, or ,the architect, say to him: "I* wouldn't drive these men so hard. . Some day they'll get mad and call; you' down."',' ."Notion your * life," said .the. boss. "They - ain't , nothln'i; livin* . can call me down when I \u25a0 get . to goin\ Why, them "","."', '.''."- His flow" of profanity, was In terrupted j f rqim the ' neighboring \u25a0" porch. ;;.'-; ;.'-• ."Mr. I( Man,'-: said : little MSss Primrose, "I don't know; you/ and I don't want to* But \u25a0I ; amVmoved ;to: say> to '.you ;that If you • take the L name .-'of God . in - ; vain again" In ; my/ hearing jI . shall have • you arrested and. fined jas a public nuisance, and I have '• proof of • your; having sworn more'! than a j hundred ;, times * yesterday at? these poof,': hard-working: men.". , V,lThere'.has beenino profanity Ton that jobisince^j^^^^^^jwßHß NATITRE. .•?Tou^should -be' very . proud of having won 'the : love of < such ' a man.", , ;; I'Then ; you ; advise me" to marry .: him V'. Vi"By| all ; ; means. .... He is one of ' nature's noblemen.". •; -c -'. i"No doubt.'-'"But -consider. -', This . nature fad .will inevitably., pass." OCCIDENTAL ACCIDENTALS A. J. WATERHOUSE THE KING IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE KING! ~p HE king is dead, our comrade king, who walked with us a little i xv" a v . j \u25a0 •• ** j 9 \u25a0 / Who saw pale winter blush. to spring and summer fade in autumn A royal monarch he in. truth, descendant of the countless years That smiled upon him in his youth, or taunted him from shame- And yet thinking of all the kings did walk *ith us. and hand in hand . , We journeyed where Dame Nature flings her eiu'rald mantle ocr the land; SSfwiaSS^Bv Andlong we laughed and loud we laughed, and sometimes paused, with scalding tears, To bathe the wound where pierced the shaft— he heeded not, this king of years; - He heeded. not, this transient king, descendant of eternal days, For well he knew, how brief the sting, how small and petty are our ways. But now he lieth in the tomb That Sexton Time e'er hollows; So rest to him, whate'er his doom, And cheers for him that follows! . ;. 'm HE king is dead, and, truth to tell, he was a canting fellow.; 1 Who promised more than he did well when" life and he were mellow. V. " He vowed to us (we heard the word) that we should gain rich treasure, But in performance ne'er, he stirred— such was his royal pleasure — And on our part we promised him some things we would do better— Heigho! but Habit's chains are grim, and we arc- in their fetter. Perhaps he failed the truth to tell, but, faith! we also missed it- Temptation wields his scepter well, and few of us resist it — But call him knave, if so you dare, no less my brow is clouded At thought of him who lieth, there, with yesteryears enshrouded. So peace to him within his tomb; Our fault his error swallows. God rest him in his narrow room — And cheers for him that follows! THE king is dead— long* live the king! A royal princeling truly, Who registers in Time's great book and make* his salaam* duly. His vows are many unto us, and on their grace we're dwelling. And if we half suspect them lies, they sound right -well in telling. And, oh, his crown befits him well, on. his fair forehead pressing! And, oh, we love his grace to tell and say, "He'll bring us blessmgl" For so -it is, and so has been, since from creation's spaces The year* of time fellinto line and found their destined places— » . "The Old Year was a sorry wight," we say, with faces weary, "But, oh, the New Year's step is light and all his way* are cheery." So rest to him who sought his rest In Death's sepulchral hollows; But cheers for him, our latest, best. The royal one who follows! POST HOLIDAY BEATITUDES. la the man who expected Blessed little, for he probably got it. Blessed is he whose pocketbook is bot tomless, for frequently he needed it. Blessed is the man with a wrought iron stomach, for he bad no occasion to rise the next ; morning -and say. "What a chump 1 was!" Blessed is he who had something to "swear off." for he who has not should look upon himself .with suspicion. ' Blessed is the" husband and father who received thirteen neckties, for they work up beautifully in a crazy-quilt. Blessed is the three-legged freak in the museum,."for he can use more slippers than the rest of us. Blessed is she whose husband heedeth a multiplicity of hints, for doubtless she was not disappointed when Christmas came. Blessed is Edyth if she was as well pleased with what was In h-r stocking as her Augustus presumably is. . Blessed are the fond parents who have six children, for they are less likely to rout the family out at three o'clock on Christmas morning than seven would be. "I should think that Bloggs would iu si?t upon wearing his father's coat." VWhy?"^Hß s "Well, he wrote for his father's party and belongs to his father's church, re gardless of changes in platform or creed, and I should think that the same sort of respect for the old gentleman would cause him to wear his coat regardless or chances in fashion." CUT IT OUT. Cut it out;;. If you have a vice, that's' dear. Cut jt out. *If you're apt to doubt and fear. . Cut it out. Stand, as other men have stood; Do the.thing you know is rood— I do not. but, then, you should Cut it .out. If on naughty ways you dote. Cut it; out; If the" nights with red.you coat. Cut it out; If you note ~. that, you're inclined Joy in primrose paths to find. Do not my example mind— If, you'd like !to have your fllnsr. Cut;lt out: Reformation is' the thing- Cut-it out. Still be noble,- still he strong: Never >mind' if • I \u25a0 do ;. r wronjj. For lalways^-ln a song- Cut it out. A LITTLE PARABLE. *; In the : beginning the Voice spake, and said • -agpßtigtfßßHMHDQfedßpsH "The litle men, whom I have made shall have? Jhe capacity to know great happiness." . i'But.they would 'not grow strong under . happiness alone," suggested one who listened."/ ; ,"; "Even so.'* was ; the answer, "and so I have - provided ; that certain spirits shall work 'ever to ' bring them unhapplness: but two of these spirits are greater and more potent . than all "others." "Arid these two?" queried the listening I [on&BsBDB&BS 1905-1906 "These two are Abject Poverty and—ln ordinate Wealth." And as it was in th» beginning; so it is now and ever will be while tho earth rolls in its appointed cycle. THE DYSPEPTKTS QtERT. Oh, often in the fleeting days that van ished in the mist He saw the mountains verdure-dad, the meadows sunlit-kissed. And Nature sang her wondrous sons to sooth his ajching breast; And yet his question was the sazn*, "Why won't that meal digest?" "It is considered bad form to mak* N>w Tear's call* now. Is it not?" "I don't know, but. by Jupitsrl It ought to be." "What makes you so emphatla?" "I.made a New Year's call this year, and it cost me over thirty dollars." "How was that?" "Why, I did it on an ac« full, and th« other fellow had four tens." If you really wish yonr fehowmaa a happy, happy year, With peace and cheer to bless him, a* I ' heard you mention, dear. Of course you will not idly sit and watch him hoe his row, But will sometimes take tfea lmplsmant and helo him make It so. "Xo. it never was absolutely proved," said Bludklns, . "that he stolo the money, but there was at least one mightily sus picious circumstance." "What was that?" Fludkins inquired. "Why, shortly after the coin .disap peared he paid several bills without being dunned to do so." ANSWERS TO QUERIES CANNOT VOTE-G. J.. City. A native of China, born of Chinese parents, can not become a citizen of th« United States; consequently cannot vote in th» United States. MARRIAGE— W. B. G. . tiodl. Cal. A man and woman desirlnr to a«cox« a marri-igs license must appear beforo tho person issuing such to answer such ques tions as may be ~ asked. When the contracting. parties to a mar riaga are about to marry they agree as to the officiating clergyman, and the groom pays the marriage fee. wnic& is what he. In his generosity, is willing- to jlre. . A SWlSS— lnquirer. Cayuccs, "A Swiss always a Swiss" is .trua to a cer tain extant. A native of Switzerland may go to a foreign land and be naturalised as a citizen thereof, but Switzerland will not recognize such naturalization until it has given permission to change citizenship. Until such permission is given the indi vidual is always looked upon 'as a Swss citizen. In Switzerland v«ang U not compulsory,, MTTr TWAIN'S SENTIMENT— F. L» 8... City. A reader of this department furnishes the lines that were written by" Mark Twain to be Dlaced over the grays of his wife. They are as follows: Warm summer sun. Shine kindly here; Warm ' southern wind, . Blow^ softly here: Green sod above. Lie light, lie light: • -Good nlsht, dear heart; Good night, good night. . - CORDWOOI^-A. S., Petaluma, Cal. Ac cording to the American cord wood meas ure," a cord of wood must contain 123 cubic feet of wood, no matter whether the wood 'is piled on . the • level or on a slope. A cord consists of a pile 8 lineal feet, loner and 4 feet* high.* .The wood Is reckoned to be four; feet in .length. A stick of cordwood ., should measure '\u25a0 4 feet 4 inches from end to enJ to compensate for. the slope or, bevel of the cut and pro* vide " for an equivalent •of - four v feet of wood.": Townsend's California glace fruits and choicest candles In artistic . fire etched boxes. 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