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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24
Elongated Cigar Is
Latest Fad.

Perhaps you have noticed in San
Francisco an occasional gentleman
smoking long. thin. aristocratic-Iook-
ing cigar
Inese elongated specimens are the
very latest thing in cigar styles. Those
nrst ones you saw were brought by
some New Yorker adrift from home and
hin' or oy some Westerner who had
oeen East and filled his pockets with
the latest.
Now, however, the dealers in San
francisco are up with the fashions fur-
ther east, and the long smoke NAV he
had at any of the higher class tobac
conists So pronounced is this novelty
that 1t is said one has even been seen
in Chicago.
These cigars resemble a lead pencil
IN size and shape. and the longer and
thinner they are the more nearly thew
approach the real thing in cigar fash
IONS If 1T were not for their length
and color one would almost call them
cigarettes. SO small is the BODY of the
most extreme of the new lead -penciI''
cigars.
Whether or not the quality of these
new smokes agrees with the old adace
that good goods come in small pack
ages is a mooted question among local
tobacconists. There is no mistake
however, in the smokers attitude As
rule the man who smokes holds to
the belief that to a certain limit at
least. the smaller the cigar the better
the tobacco He believes there must
be some OF the milk OF human sympathy
in the soul even of cigar-maker. and
that the reduction in size is brought
about chiefly by scaling off the cabbage
leaves. ct cetera. that tradition says
form the outer covering OF a large. fat
cigar-and not infrequently the in'ards,
too.
This belief has made brands of small
cigars popular before the lead-pencil
size came in, but never so decidedly as
the present rage. For. in this instance.
to the size is added the undeniable
quality of style" Note the first man
you see with one of the new cigars in
his mouth and compare him with some
ncighbor who still clings to the short.
stubby kind that have ordinarily been
passed out. Note. also. that there are
usually other distinguishing marks
about the smoker of the long. lean
cigar He is likely to be neat in his
personal appearance. to be rather well
kept and well groorned Probably his
hat or shoes or tie will show. also.
some late fad of fashion. or maybe his
entire get-up. from the haberdasher's
standpoint. will be quite the elegant
thing. So the lead-pencil cigar travels
in fine company. whatever it's other
faults and failings. or virtues. may be.
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trinkets he is expected to bring back
attached to his collar and is sent safely
back home.
Reading, Pa. claims the distinction of
Panhandle Jacks nativity. The dog
had a happy home until one day he
wandered down to the railroad depot
and an engineer took liking to him
Jack" landed in Cincinnati, where
friends were made around the Union
depot. Finally Harry Ganter. fireman.
took Jack with him to Richmond. The
dog found that city too tame for him
and bummed a return trip to Cincinnati
on freight. Jack made the trip back
and forth few times and finally took
the wrong train. landing in Columbus.
Ohio. Finally the dog reached Chicago.
and, taking liking to the place. es-
ia bIished a regular run between that
city and Cincinnati, via Richmond and
Logansport.
freight trains. and. not having to ope-
rate on fixed schedules, when he finds a
trip growing monotonous sometimes
leaves at a way station and takes an
other train back without completing
the run.
Four or five months. railway officials
believe. will be sufficient for the round
the globe trip. if Jack keeps in good
health. Letters have been sent ahead
by the railway officials to officials of
other roads. asking their cooperation
in making the experiment.
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magnitude of this system that San
Francisco will soon see in operation
is realized 1t is not to be wondered at
that an entire town could be planned.
made and delivered in less time than
is consumed in the manufacture of a
single automobile.
All order books, time and account
books kept to show the progress of
each job are in quadruple manifold.
One copy goes to the home ONCE. one
to the local of1ce. one to the owner.
the fourth remains in the hands of
the superintendent of construction In
this way the owner can keep in touch
with every mechanical, financial and
commercial event on the job.
Two college professors are connected
with the Gilbreth Organization in an
advisory and supervisory capacity.
They are Charles L. Norton of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
where he is professor of heat measure
ments, and Lewis J. Johnson of the
division of engineering of Harvard
University. These eminent engineers
will come to San Francisco to lend
their expert knowledge in the con-
struction of reinforced concrete. Pro-
fessor Johnson was in charge Of the
design and construction of the Har-
ward stadium, the great grandstand
that seats 10000 D eople, and one of the
most extensive pieces of reinforced
concrete work ever undertaken.
These college professors are very
valuable in another way to the organ
ization. They both keep lists of the
brightest students in their universities,
and upon their graduation recommend
them for employment, naming the
branches in which they have been most
proficient.
In one way the construction organ
ization maintains a sort of college of
instruction Of it's own. livery week
there are lectures and lantern slide ex-
hibitions conducted by its engineers.
Mr. johnson and Mr.. Norton lecture on
re-enforced concrete and it's develop
msnt as building material. They
keep abreast of the best practice in
this country and in Europe. and in
their talks illustrate and discuss the
great engineering undertakings of the
world. Other engineers who lecture
the members of the organization on
other branches of engineering are J.
w Buzzell, j. W. Mair and f. p.
Goodrich.
whenever young engineer is taken
into such an organization he is started
at the bottom to learn the field system.
that is II he is best adapted for outside
work Others enter the Office and either
lose their identity in the system or win
promotlon TO the top.
san francisco is rapidly recognizing
the value of reinforced concrete as =
material that is absolutely fre-nroof
and of Gibraltar strength as resist
ant TO temblor shocks. Heretofore the
lnnuence of the brick manufacturers
mainly has kept reinforced concrete
out of San Francisco. But its splendid
'vaiue has been proved in the few scat
tered examples there were in Northern
w Pha
million dollars' worth of contracts have
been let for concrete construction
within the past few weeks. This in
ciudes two great concrete warehouses
10 cost 100000 each and half a dozen
Dig once buildings. not TO mention a
score of smaller structures.
For several years this n,tariaI -
oeen undergoing elaborate tests in the
ieadlns engineering universities in the
country. When made properly rein
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24
Has No Faith In
Copernlcus.
By Charles w. Morse.

Man starts on the supposition that
this earth is a globe simply because
Copernicus said he could explain
phenomena easier that way than any
other, but Copernicus also said that his
theory was not 10 be taken as abso-
lutte truth
Suppose we accept the Copernican
system just for an argument Then
the sun must be stationary and the
earth must revolve on its own axis
once every twenty-four hours in order
to produce day and night. Now the
sun, which is 100000 times larger
than our little earth, keeps the earth
in position while it is turning on its
axis about 1000 miles per hour and
also while it is going round the sun
at a terrible rate of about 1,0O0, 900
miles per day by attraction of gravita-
tion. Now. let us ask Copernicus or
Newton where was the earth and what
was IL doing before the sun or moon
was created? For the earth is older
than the sun. S. II. Parkes T. R. A.
s. F.. /. D., confirms the statement in
Genesis, first chapter, that our earth
is older than the sun, on page 169 of
his work, Unfinished Worlds" pub
iished in London, 1883.
Now, if the earth is three days older
than the sun, and if we call each of
those days thousand years long to
suit those who cherish that belief.
what was the earth doing all that time
with nothing 10 rest upon and nothing
to hold ii up while il was whirling. at
the rate that some would like to have
us believe? This shows one of the in
consistencies of the Copernican system.
IL the Copernican system is correct
then Genesis is a myth. Christ says
that the stars shall fall from heaven.
If this means that they shall fall upon
the earth, let me ask how could Ii be
possible when there are so many of
them that are much larger than the
earth, according to the Copernican sys-
TEN? If the Copernican system is cor
rect then Christ was only a child of his
times and not the creator of all things.
The copernican system teaches,
first, that the sun is stationary and that
the earth turns round on its axis Now
we Zetetics maintain that the earth is
stationary and the sun moves around
in a circle over and above the earth,
with the so-called north pole or north
center. as we call ii, the center of
that circle
Now, If we were standing at the
north center we would see that all lines
radiating from that point would be
south. then at right angles with those
radiating lines would be east and west.
Now, in travelling around the earth
from anv given point going east o.
west, so long as we keep at right angles
with those radistinR lines, we know
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process was evolved by which this
could be accomplished, that when
ever a job is contracted for in San
Francisco company of trained regu-
lars in the organizations building
army is marshaled from all over the
United States, which, upon its arrival
here. is ready to begin work on the
jump.
AS these men are taken off other con-
tracts, in establishing the system it
was necessary to devise a scheme by
which their withdrawal should cause
no shock to the organization on that
particular job. This was accomplished
in this way:
Before the system was finally re-
duced to a rule of action every man
in the organization was asked. from
the general manager and chief con-
sulting engineer down to the Office boy
in the executive headquarters, or the
foreman of bricklayers in the field,
to write a story of exactly the way
he did his work when he did it the
way he should. The idea was to adopt
rules by which the work could be done
the same way every time. This was
considered a far better system than
doing the work by individual effort,
even if they were the efforts of gen.
fuses, for genius only shines in spots.
where as method gives a steady, de-
pendable light.
When all these divers stories had been
written down they were edited and
corrected into comprehensive working
rules. Then they were printed into
what was called a system book" In
the Offices each clerk got copy of the
system book" from which he could
learn how every other clerk was ex-
pected to do his work under the sys-
tenn, and also how the chief of that
particular department was expected to
do his work. 1t was made incumb bent
upon the members of the organization
in their different departments to know
their system books" by heart. so that
when they were promoted they would
need no term of coaching to AT them for
the Office. 1t also followed that when
they were transferred to another city
they would be able to enter into a per-
fectly trained organization in five min
utes' time. the same method of work
being pursued in every branch Office
1t became possible in this way to
take a highly trained staff out of the
executive departments of different
cities without in any way injuring
those departments, and necessitating
only the hiring of new under clerks,
who began their elementary lessons
in the system.
At first the heads of departments
thought that II they gave up all the
knowledge they had gained by expe-
rience, those under them would be
raised to their level of knowledge and
experience. with the general result of
lower priced labor. But the advan-
tages gained soon overcame the objec-
tions. Their work was made much
easier for them, as no oral instructions
were necessary. Whenever clerk was
in doubt about his method of work he
L
Then as big contracts cropped up in
other cities the opportunity of promo
tion increased
Some of the men realized that they
were only duplicate parts of a big ma
chine that worked the same way every
time, and objected that there was no
latitude for their genius. Then cash
prizes were offered for suggestions to
improve the system or extend the bust
ness Suggestion blanks were issued
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

Panhandle jack is to visit San
Francisco very soon. This bit of in
formation has been communicated to
the local officials of the Santa Fe Com
pany from the general offices in Chi
cago, accompanied by suggestion that
any attention shown the visitor during
a short stay here will be fully appre-
ciated by railroad men in the East
Panhandle jack is a rather cele-
brated foxterrier, which, as q pet of
Eastern railroad men. has been a fav-
ored traveller on the roads east of the
Missouri River. The dogs run princi-
pally of late has been between Cincin-
natl Logansport and Chicago, with
headquarters at the Midway Point 1t
is with an idea of further gratifying
the dogs apparent ambition to travel
that it's friends among the railroad
men in the East have planned a "trip
around the world. That is why Pan
handle Jack" is soon to visit San Fran
cisco. 1t is claimed that this will he
the first canine to make a trip arounl
the world alone.
A tag will be attached to Jacks coi,,r
and letter. written on parchment. will
give the itinerary the bearer is to
travel.
From Chicago Jack will take the
Santa Fe for San Francisco, touring
with an express messenger At San
Francisco one of the Pacific Mail steam
ers will afford the traveller passage via
Honolulu and Japan. thence to the Phil
ippines and Hongkong. 1t the latter
port steamer will take the dog 20
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

year, and at the rate which contracts
are pouring in may overreach that
total.
Now when it is considered that these
operations relate only to permanent
buildings of the most modern and fire
proof type it is time for the alarm
lists to still their bleating over the
erection Of so many temporary struc-
lures. When the mists vanish from
their gloomy vision they may see (and
without dreaming) the new San Fran
cisco rising in monolithic piles of con-
crete, towering Office buildings of steel
and brick, new mansions on Mob HILL
beautiful shops of every type of ap-
proved f1reproof and substantially
proof construction; tower
ing modern hotels, with palm gardens
and onyx corridors; in fact a greater,
soldier and more beautiful San Fran
cisco than crowned the hills of the
Golden Gate before the days of the fire
1t should be a matter of human in
terest as well as vital local interest to
know how these great building or
carnations can conduct operations of
palace building over night. l use the
metaphorical overnight" advisedly, for
great structures are erected with such
amazing rapidity in modern times that
when we see them complete and buzz
ing with a swarm of the industrious
the imagination loses sight of the in
termediary processes, carrying vividly
two impressions-one of the vacant
area and the other of the splendid fin
ished product
Beginning a few years ago it was
seen that the contracting business. in
order TO accomplish wonders in speed
work, had to be organized on a sys-
tematic basis to put it in class with
other industrial enterprises But as
no two buildings are exactly alike and
the conditions of work never the same
the problem of systematizing such an
organization presented many complexi-
ties.
OF course, the first thing to consider
in any sort of commercial enterprise
is the demand. Now il was self-evi-
dent that whether the times are good
or bad there is always a demand for
buildings that can be put up quickly
This is true of stores, factories, office
buildings or dwellings. Usually there
is a great deal of delay in reaching
a decision TO build. Take the case of
san Francisco and the delay that has
been caused by the dishonesty of some
insurance companies and the hesitancy
of others. Therefore once this delay
is overcome and a decision reached the
chief object is to build quickly
In the case of the organization I am
establish it on a systematic basis va
rious system experts were at first con-
suited and the matter discussed at
length. But the theories of these ex-
perts would not work out on practical
lines. The need was for an organiza-
tion that, while a unit itself. could be
split up into working units capable of
being hurled at any part of the coun-
try on a moments notice. This unit
had to be trained to the minute in its
duties from the engineer down TO the
derrick rigger or foreman of brick
LAYERS.
Under the old system it was the Gus
tom to send a superintendent out on
the job. who organized his own work
ing staff and taught his staff officers
their several lessons. But in this very
teaching there was the delay it was
sought TO avoid Regulars of both rank
and file were needed. Finally, then, a
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Calcutta, and then Jack will renew ;,c-
quaintance with the steam cars from
the metropolis of India to Bombay 4
steamer will take him through the Red
Sea ia the Su-z Canal TO Port Said.
Jack" will bay the moon on the deck
of a Mediterranean steamer as far as
Naples, and then Austria, Germany and
France will be visited by rail. The plan
is to have the dog placed aboard Il
steamer in Bordeaux, go thence to En- =
land. sailing for home from Liverpool
to New York. where Pennsylvania rail-
road people will sec that he has all the
comforts of a returned travel, gets
through the Custom house with the
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the course we are pursuing, and if we
continue our course as stated above we
must come around to the same point
from which we started. While this
does not prove that the earth is not a
globe. it does show how, by going east
or west, you will come around to the
starting point on a level plain.
The Copernican system teaches, sec
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-24

to the waters edge. and the water can
be seen splashing up against her sides.
which is positive proof that the ship
did not go down to disappear; further
more, when the hull has disappeared
from our sight the ship has not reached
the horizon. which is only one of the
many proofs that the earth is not a
globe.
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ondly, that the ship in sailing out to
sea goes out of sight by going down
round the curve of the water, and they
give US as proof that the hull disap-
pears from our sight first.
Now, the facts of the case are
against them, for when the hull has
wholly disappeared from our view, with
a glass the hull can be seen again down
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-03-22
THE STRENUOUS LIFE
Results in Stomach Troubles and Physical
Breakdown. II. Ii. Moody Offers Simple

Results i'll Stomach Troubles and Physical
Breakdown. II. II. Moody Offers Simple
Remedy.
The strenuous life of modern times forces
people to rush through their meals hastily,
hurrying from the table in the mad rush
after the almighty dollar.
The result is incomplete digestion, in
1ammation of the walls of the stomach,
and lack of secretion of the gastric juices,
ending in chronic stomach trouble and ner-
vous breakdown.
How much better it would be to eat more
slowly, cure the stomach trouble with Milo
ma, and soon regain perfect health. The
headaches, sleeplessneSs, nervous troubles,
pain after eating, Specks before the eyes,
backaches, melancholy and gloomy fore
bodng would be soon overcome and per-
feet health and strength would be re-
stored.
Proper treatment of the weakened diges-
tive system with Mi-o-na will cure every
case of stomach trouble. The results of
this treatment are so astonishing and so
pronounced, that those who have tried it
never fail to appreciate its value as heal
ing agent.
So reliable is Mi-o-na in curing all forms
of stomach weakness and trouble that t. ii.
Moody gives signed guarantee that the
remedy will cost nothing unless it cures.
Each box of Miro ma sells for 80 cents, and
is invaluable to anyone who suffers with
Indigestion, nervousness or weak stomach.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-03-22

The new city government was organ
lied last Monday with one vacancy in
the council caused by tie vote on
election day in the 5th ward. The
Mayors address in full, a list of the
officers elected. and other details will
be found in another column. The ad-
dress of the Mayor is deserving of the
highest commentator, and if the sug-
gestions and recommendations it con-
tains are favorably acted upon Belfast
will have made long stride forward
The Mayor says:
"Our tax rate is the lowest in the list
of Maine cities and each retiring city
government points with pride to sur
plus saved, but our schoolhOuSes are
poorer and our streets probably worse
than any other city can show"
This gives the true situation in a few
words. Our streets and sidewalks have
been deterio.ating for years, because OF
the policy of carrying over each year
an unexpended balance of the appro-
priation for highways. The Journal
does not, and never has, believed in
this policy, and will heartily welcome a
change. The money appropriated fol-
highways should be expended on the
highways, and because this has not
been done in the past larger appropria-
lions will be needed for some years to
come.
Among the Mayors recommendations
are the following: an immediate in
yestigation as to the possibility and
ACCESSIBILITY of taking any action to
provide a suitable school building on
the common: that action be taken for
the purpose of inducing the Belfast
Water Co. to install filter at the pump
Zig station, if practicible;' that the
Cemetery Trustees ''be invited to pre-
sent at our next meeting statement
as to the condition of the receiving
tomb at Grove Cemetery, together with
information as to the cost of properly
rebuilding the same" the passage of
IAN ordinance requiring that all walks
not seasonabIy cleared of snow by the
abutter shall be cleared by the street
department and the expense of the
same charged to the delinquent abut-
ters;" and that the park commissioners
be invited ''to investigate and present a
statement as to what, if anything, had
best be done, with view to making
appropriation therefor if deemed ad
yisable." There are other practical
recommendations which merit careful
consideration and favorable action and
the address throughout is in the line of
progress and good citizenship,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-03-22

lie park. A bulletin from the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Bureau of For
estry, says: In city parks the kind of
decorative effect sought is generally
secured by the art of the landscape
gardener rather than by that of the
forester. In the case of Helena there
will be reared, not single individuals or
small groups of trees, such as are set in
the conventional park, but true forest.
Later on the trees may be cut for tim
ber without in the least interfering
with the integrity of the park. The
proposed park contains about 900 acres.
There are about 40 acres already COW
cred with young timber, and 400 acres
more on which some timber is growing.
Planting will be done on about 600 acres.
Western yellow pine and red fir are the
trees recommended for most of this
area