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SURPLUS SUCCEEDS
DEFICIT ON FRISCO
Railroad. Now Free Of Rec
%ceivership, Shows Heavy
Trade Increase,
LINE GREATLY IMPROVED
Transportation Costs Grow
Gross Earnings Best in
Company's History.

The ~. Louis a San Francisco Ra'l-
road. which virtually threw on the
restraints Of receivcrship a month ago.
has issued its report covering operations
for the year ended June 30. 1915. TIE
net result was a surplus OF ti,is1, 900
After all charges, and amortization ct
discount on funded debt. compared with
a deficit of sl.2s4.s79 In 1918, and So
S92.142 In 1914. This surplus 10
equivalent TO 3.s6 per cent. on the out
standing e3T. sSi,100 Or preferred stock.
Gross earnings. amounting to t4s.4o3.-
500, were the largest In the company's
history. exceeding 1918 earnings by
s5,42s.s17. and 1918 earnings. tho
previous high record. by s2.35a.le 100. Ot
the 1915 sain in gross. sI.OsI,sTo. or
practically a. per cent. was contributed
by freight. Operating expenses OF s32.-
71B.75s, increased s2.o3g.121 ana alb
sorbed 81 per cent. of the gain in gross
earnings.
In the Increase Of operating expenses
the Item, of maintenance OF way and
structures. amounting TO s7.37a.i30. was
$1.291,117 or over Il per cent more
than In 1918. tho bulk Of It going into
road maintenance. ties and track lay
ing. Maintenance Of equipment. totalling
ss,l22,91S. consumed almost 1851 400. or
10 per cent. more than in 1915. aud
transportation costs of Sl5.50j.60l, some
1886. 600. or 81 per cent. more. Thu
chief Increases In transportation costs
were on account Of wages to engine and
train men and fuel for locomotives.
Net earnings. after deduction OF taxes
and uncollec.able railway revenues.
were s13.432 200. and gross income Sli.
1s1,321. an increase of $2,JlO,js0, or
els per cent. Fixed charges we're less
by s255.Ies than In 1918. and lef. net
income OF -. 36I ISL. which was further
reduced by $3.50 $50 as the annual pro-
portion Of amortization of discount on
funded debt.
Included in the fixed charges for tho
year. amounting 10 sl1.Sl3.37s, is the
accrued interest for one wear on the
refundIng mortgage ~ OF 32.It2. ESQ.
the general lien mortgage ~ OF $500
zoo. the two year ) PEI cent. notes Of
$l12.50o, the two year i per cent. notes
OF $l56.000. the income ! per cent. bonds
Of &2s6,ls4 and miscellaneous notes
payable of s4o,OS3. making altogether
S6.sll.es7. This amount was not actu-
ally paid. however. Also. there was not
included in the fixed charges and not
paid $685. 700 OF inaturcd interest on the
Kansas City. Clinton and Springfield
Railway first mortgage %.
st. Louis and San Francisco last year
carried nearly 10 per cent, or 1.6S7.bs2
tons. more OF revenue producing freight
than in 1915. and ?35,13l tons OF this
gain was composed OF high grade tom
mage. The revenue received for each
ton OF freight hauled was $3.50. CO.,
nearly I cents a ton more han in 1917.
while the ton mile rate was increased
from .OOso cents in 1915 to .0O97 cents
In 1915. Passenger business yielded
We rdad In 1916 an ave- age Of s.Ssb9 Il
passenger. or almost ! cents more q
passenger. while the average rate a pas.
Nenger a mile WAS Az cents. against
2.l< cents In 1915.
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OVERSTUDY MAKES WRECKS
OF JAPANESE STUDENTS

"If there In any serious national qucs-
ton In japan which Is not shown IN
statistics says the poDtiurt or TOXIC
'I, must be the nervous strain from
which the present day japanese are suf-
fering." The paper goes on TO detail the
many satisfactory conditions in the
finances of the nation and tie general
prosperity OF to-day. In spite Of all this.
however. an evil IL at work which over
balances much Of the good. namely. the
pressure OF mental strain upon the
young at school. where every energy is
directed on competitive lines. 1t con-
tinues:
There IL no doubt that japanese So
ciety is suffering from neurosis. which
Is mainly due to the defect of educa-
tional methods. Young men in all ages
have been and are the backbone of a
country, and as such they should he fun
OF life and strength yet an inquiry
into the condition OF the young men OF
Japan will reveal n dcplorable state OF
affairs. Among the students OF "A cer-
tain middle school In Toxic, which is
regarded as a model institution, no
fewer than eight have committed or at
tempted to commit suicide. Overstudy
In the reason why so many young men
commit suicide before they go from the
middle to the higher schools. as we'll as
the competition that exists among the
conductors Of the middle n elemcn-
tary schools to boast OF the efficiency OF
their institutions according to the num-
Der of pupils who are trans ferred to the
higher schools.
The result Of this Wholesale cram
ming and stra'n'rg Is the mental and
physical breakdown OF nan "A student
before his education Is half through II
Is not surprising that under such an
erroneous method Of education the
teachers. students. and even the parent.
become nervous To such an extent a. to
be hardly conceivable to n healthy mind .
The article closes with a strong plea
for a system that will not overstrain
and work such havoc
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III any survey ~ modern literature
Eden Philpotts must be numbered among
the foremost writer's. Often styled the
great humanist' and frequently compared
to George Eliot and Thomas Hardy.
there are few authors who occupy go dis
tinguished a position. And yet probably
few people know the barest Of facts
and n dlsinclination 10 talk about himself
form a large par. OF his character.
His new novel. THE Green Alleys."
has just been issued by the Macmillane
and some Of the little known facts OF the
authors life are timely and pertinent.
Eden Phillpotts was born In 1882 among
the Hindu and Jain Ascetics Of Mount
Ahu. Rajputana. his father. Cant. Henry
Phillpotts Of the Fifteenth Native In
fantry. being political agent OF two dis
,ricts ut that time. Coming to England
While still n boy. he went TO school In
Plymouth. and Mt the age OF II proceeded
TO London to take up n clerkship In the
Sun Fire oflce. There he remained
nearly ten years. working during the day
for his bread and butter and at night
working again (much harder, one i'm
aSines,) in the attempt to satisfy the
impulse toward artistic creation which
he had already begun to feel.
II was some time before Mr.. Phiilpotts
found his proper medium. At first he
was attracted nv the stage. but his
Efforts as an amateur actor led only
to disappointment and he abandoned the
idea In favor Of art. Here again he
was quick to recognise that the highest
peaks were not for him.. To literature
then he turned without conscious pre-
disposition. and although Il was long be-
fore he was rewarded by any scknowl-
edgment from outside. yet his own very
critical judgment vas satisfied and he
set himself laboriously to conquer the
technique Of the writer's craft.
They must have been lonely years"
says the London Bookmnn IN comment
Ing on this period Of Phillpotts's life.
chose early years In London. when night
after night the YOUNG man struggled to
mobilize and discipline hS forces. But
in spite Of many dlsappoin,ments we
have his own word for Il that they were
not unhappy--except of course AZ those
moments. very frequent In the early days
when the double knock OF the pos'man
was followed by a dull and disconnected
thud In the letter box. Rut ne saw him
self in print in due time and published
n book or two. the names OF which do
not matter. Then he Joined the edi-
torlal staff Of Black and WHITE, and
found leisure TO make a beginning upon
the ambitious work he had already
~planned-the human comedy OF Dart
moor"
The nrt hook Of Mr.. Phiilpotts 20
win any sort Of popular success was
Lying Prophets" a tale of the Cornish
Hshcrfo,k. published in 1896, The first
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1900 IN N. Y. UNIVERSITY.
Regtstra tiOn Of New e
Greater Than Ever Before.

The registration ut New York l'nivcr-
sity il a new record this y"ar. Thi"-
hundred freshmen we're enrolled Rt the
Heights: nearly 1000 new men have
entered the <choul ~ Commerce, Nr-
counts ana Finance. three hundred more
began their courses at the Law : hooi
and about l50 more are taking first
year work In the Washington square
College. There ate about $50 fresh
men in the Medical SDh Iol.
This increase is more marked In view
OF the policy OF the university io oppose
widespread solicitation Of u"N students.
II was thought that strikes and ~infant'le
paraly sis would hold the registration.
down without them l. ~ believed tina
too many men to he accommodated
would have applet for admission
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EDEN PHILLPOTTS'S EARLY
STRUGGLE AND SUCCESS

volume In the Dartmoor series was pub
lished in 1899.
Somewhere about 1900, after two or
three other books had appeared, Mr.
Phillpot;s left black and white and
Joined the stan Of the Idicr MdgdStne.
where he came into close connection
with jerome X. Jerome and Robert Barr.
To the idler he contributed the first OF
his Human Boy Stories" a series which
has been extremely popular and which
led TO the issue early in 1918 OF THE
Human Boy and tho War"
The next ten or twelve years were
prolific ones for Phillpotts. They saw
the publication OF a dozen or more
books and the completion Of the Dart
moor Comedy, In 1919. with the finish
Ing up OF that great literary work. Mr..
Phillpotts projected a new series OF
novels. dealing with the more entertain
ing Of the great industries. the pottery
industry. which furnishes the back
ground and theme Of 'Brunels Tower
the slate mining industry around which
'Old Delabolc" II centred and The
Green Alleys" his new book. which has
70 do with the raising Of hops in Kent.
n IA intimated that future volumes will
deal with the oyster fisheries OF Coll
chester and the charcoal burners OF The
New Forest. Mr.. Phillpotts's plan IL not
to choose arbitrarily a setting for a tale.
but rather 10 live for a time amid sur
roundinss that interest him and to wait
and see II they suGgest a story to his
mind.
Mr.. Philipo,ts's home II at present at
Torquay. on the English Channel. 1t II
surrounded by a wonderful no~'r gar
den, In which are plants n flowers sent
TO him BY admirers from all over the
world. He has rores from Virginia and
shrubs from Australia. This garden he
laughinEly calls 'the greatest OF his
works" Here he spends many hours
and here undoubtedly he receives inepi-
ration for some OF the wonderful nature
passages with which his writings
abound. Not alone 10 tho exterior Of
Mr.. Philipottss hone a delight 10 the
eyea. M the interior no less. II Ia
frightened with many beautiful paint
!ng~. some the work Of his son, WIN u
an artist others the work Of friends.
who have sent them to him. Not "A few
show Dartmoor scenes. made famous by
his own books.
"0eorge Eliot looked AZ life from the
angle OF the mcralist. Thomas Hardy
from the angle OF the philosopher, but
Eden Phillpotts Ia above all else the hui
manist." This sentence, taken from tho
London BoOkmOn's appreciation. ex-
presses perhaps the reason for Thil.-
potts's popularity. He In a great sym
pathizer with tho weaknesses 81 human
nature. He glories in the triumphs OF
men and women AMI IL snrrov;u! At
their failures. sit is concludes the
Bookman. 'as the novelist ~ loving
kindness tina he will he remembered"
The sun., 1916-10-07
THE EGYPTIAN BEAUTY
AND HER DRESSMAkE.R

Although the French dressmaker is a
Institution IN Cairo, the modern
woman s'ill looks best in her
native costume, acC"' ling to Elizabeth
in The Harrm and the Pun
DAN The native costume DISCUSSES the
overabundant flesh with which the
sweets and the ~sedentary life Of the
endow It's inmates But his ~
not the sorrow to her that II would he
10 her Western sister, Mrs Cooper saNs.
the IDEAL OF beauty in Egypt is to
be "a wide az one is long.
The sun., 1916-10-07
Harper's Maxasine In China.

The editors OF HarperS Magazine re-
Gently received n letter from an old sub
scrlber in China telling how that period
lcal Is passed around among the few
white people who live In or near Yachow.
Szechuen, When these have finished
reading 1t they send each number to a
TibetRn town. eight days journey be-
yond the Chinese hinterland, where II is
read and enjoyed by h one white wom-
an and two white men who live there.
The sun., 1916-10-07
80 GAMBLERS TRAPPED.
''Street sweeper" and "PrddDer"
Prove 10 Re Policemen.

\ street sweeper polishing fl ~,
payemcnt in East ll1th street. neur
Third avenue. eudd,rlN footed a whir"
yesterday morning. tn, u dashed up tn
htoop of "A nearby huas" \ p'ddIer auG
two pedestrians followed Am .n'u tn,
house, wherein WAS - crowd 81 men.
The four whn entered drew rrloN erH
and showed police hd. -,a. Ni''r rolR.
and tumble tiShtiuC t 'y arrested 'ulrtN
six men and galAo,.i M cuapS, d.
decks Of cards and So.
Magistrate deuel. IA iilgicm q
fined ms prisoners j. each for dlsorderly
conduct.
The sun., 1916-10-07

will be published in book form by
Houghton Miffiin Company In October.

Word has come from France that the
Foreign ONCE has ordered a translation
Of the articles which Arthur Gleason,
author Of Golden Lads" has been con
tributing to various American and Eng
lish papers on his recent observations in
the war zone of Belgium and northern
France, and are making them into q
guide book OF the devastated area.
The sun., 1916-10-07
Larger Parcels for Panama.

Postmaster Morgan announced yester-
day that beginning October Is tho maxi
mum weight applicable to parcel post
packages exchanged between the Re
public OF Panana and the United states
will h. twenty pounds instead ~ eleven
pounds. rs heretofore, the postage rate
to remain at ~ cents = pound Or fractien
of n pound.
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NEWS OF BOOKS AND BOOKMEN

C~oningshy Dawson whose THE Garden
without Walls" was the new novel much
discussed two seasons ago. IL at the
front In France as a Lieutenant in the
Canadian Artillery. His new novel.
slaves Of Freedom" has New York for
it's setting and a regular Helen OF Firth
Avenue for its heroine 1t will he pub
lished October IL by the Holts.
Mark Twain'a Works. according TO the
authorities Of the New York Public
Library, are issued In many languages
through their circulation department.
There are little Russian and Polish
TRANSACTIONS OF "Huckleberry Finn" :
,we,ye title. in German six in Hum
garian: FIVE in Bohemian. and other
stories in Danish. Finnish. Italian. Span
ish and Swedish.
Cosmo Hamilton. the author of THE
Sins OF the Children" which Little.
Brown & Co. will publish October ~.
wrote his first novel at tho age OF 81,
and It was accepted by the hrst pub
fisher who read il. IN ive consecutive
years there was never a time when one
or more OF his plays was not running on
the London stage. THE Blindness OF
Virtue Ia his best known play In this
country. where Mr.. Hamilton now re-
sides.
A new book by Max Eastman. editor
Of the Masses, has been awaited by the
readers who found pleasure and profit
in his Enjoyment Of Poetry" Mr..
Knopf will publish shortly Journalism
Versus Art" in which Mr.. Eastman
diagnoses the art and writing OF the
popular money making magazine of our
day. He believes that the tremendous
vogue OF these magazines will have a
seriously harmful effect on our art and
literature In general. To make his ar
gument more convincing Mr.. Eastman
has illustrated his book with a quantity
Of drawings OF a 'n~On-maEa1ine" va
! riety. by Arthur r. Davies, John Sloan.
Boardman Robinson. Rembrandt, Millet
and others.
n-oS roarun Captax,ana l. aho,t 10
The sun., 1916-10-07

The Century Company will shortly
publish "The Night Court and Other
Verse; a collection Of poems by Ruth
Comfort Mitchell. Informed throughout
by the spirit Of communal sympathy and
The sun., 1916-10-07

The Hollis report another large print
ing. the ninth. Of Dorothy Canneld's THE
Bent Twig." Dorothy Garfield (Mrs.
John r. Fisher) keeps her maiden name
for her books OF fiction. as she won a
reputation as a short story writer before
her marriage. She is now living In Paris
with her children In order TO be near Mr..
Fisher, who Ia n member OF the Ameri-
can Ambulance service.
The sun., 1916-10-07

Night Court originally published In
the Century MdDdstne, was written un-
der the pressure Of a sudden inspiration.
The author had witnessed a session Of
the Women's Night Court In New York,
and was 20 impressed with the scene
that she began the poem on the back of
an old envelope while going home In the
subway. completing 1t during two or
three subsequent subway trips Once
published. II was reprinted all over the
country.
II you have written poetry worth pub
fishing In book form, II is rather an
noying TO have the verses credited to a
literary celebrity OF n previous genera
ton whose name you happen to bear.
That Ia the experience of Margaret Full
Ter. the former secretary Of Edmund
Clarence Stedmar. who has Just written
In "A New England Childhood the
story OF the early days Of tho poet
banker.
Some ~ my earliest lines. included
In tha ro'ume. Poets OF Transcenden-
talism.' are attributed IN the firs, Mar
garet Fuller. the Marchesa d'Osso'i. who
died In 1850. and have been printed
rather widely says the present Mar
garet Fuller. Indeed. In the preface to
that volume ! am said to have summed
up In my verses the spirit of my age.
that IL the Transcendental period or
movement. I am not proud Of the lines
but of the little that has been printed
since that date I am not ashamed. and
the praise Of those whose praise means
something has come TO me unsought. Re
fore ] began the Stedman book I never
had an opportunity to take the time for
writing a book"
Edith Blinn. author OF The Ashes of
My Heart Is a Western woman. She
was born In Denver. Col. and received
her elementary training in that city. but
her polish and diction she charges 10
Miss Maude Radford. literary instructor
In the University OF Chicago. Il present
size In Q resident OF California, wher she
has a bungalow just outside Pasadena.
She u writing two more books for next
year. which will he published bv the
MAXWELL Publishing Company
"a Diplomats Wife in Mexico" by
Edith OShaughHcssy. had the fortune
OF being mentioned on the floor ~ Com
gress. A few days ago Congressman
Mann In the House % Representatives
quoted extensively from this book ex-
tracts from the letters written at the
time by Mrs O'Shaughnessv. which dealt
with the conditions In Mexico during
the Huerta administration
Alexander Aaronsohn. author OF with
the Turks In Palestine in a recent In
terview with Col Roosevelt. discussed
the ak situation. Mr.. Aaronsohn.
who has lately returned from Palestine.
is one OF tho few Americans whose
knowledge al the Far East situation has
been acquired at Hrst hand. While visit
Ing in the Holy Land at the outbreak of
the war he was pressed into the Turkish
army. and spent many anxious months
before he was able to make his escape
on hoard the United States cruiser Des
Moincs. The story OF his adventures
The sun., 1916-10-07

man Philosophy" his contribution TO the
inquiry into the origins Of the war.
He says in his preface;
This hook IL one NJ tho many that
the present war has brought forth. hut
II Is the fruit Of a lonR CESSATION. Dur
Ing more than twenty years. while I
taught philosophy NJ Harvard College, !
had continual occasion 20 read n dis
cuss German metaphysics. From the
beginning II wore IN my eyes a rather
questionable shape. Under It's obscure
and nuctuRting tenets felt something
sinister at work. something at once hol-
low and aggressive. 1t seemed 4 forced
method Of speculation. producing more
confusion than 1t found. and calculated
chiefly to Enable practical materialis,s
to call Themselves idealists and RATIONAL
list. to remain theologians." The volume
In published by Scribner.
Simple minded Yankees labor under a
sad misconception, II appears. when they
imagine that "kiling' and numbering
are the same thing. In Kentucky they
take a much saner view Of this question.
according to Eleanor Mercein Kelly.
whose new Kentucky novel, "Kildares OF
Storm" 10 announced by the Century
Company.
In Kentucky, Mrs. Kelly says. there IL
4 subtle distinction between these two
agreeable occupations, a distinction that
lies not 80 much in the character Of the
occupation itself as in what people think
Of II. In other words. a murderer 10 a
man whose crime In condemned not only
by the courts but by public opinion. But
II when you have killed your man peo-
Pile In general think that you ought to
nave killed him and are justified In hav-
ing done SO you are "A "killer" and you
belong In a different class together.
The sun., 1916-10-07

Prof. George S%antayana Is about to
publish a new volume, "Egotism In Ger
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-15

The st. Joseph Electric Theatre, q.
ter vacation Of several months, has
arranged to resume business next
Tuesday, - win be seen By program
published elsewhere.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-15

Mrs. Annette N. Wolfe Of New Or.
leans is visitor ct the home Of her
niece, Mrs. John Murdoch, ct Newell.
ton, having been called to the bedsido
Of her brother, Mr.. e. H. Newell, who
IL critically i'll.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-15
THE TENSAS GAZETTE JOB OFFICE.

We take pleasure in announcing that the
Tensas Gazette has equipped thoroughly modern
job printing plant and is now ready to do any
form of job work We are catering especially to
high class work, such as visiting cards. office
stationery, and all lines of commercial printing.
We have full line of select paper in stock and
will be pleased to display samples on request.
We guarantee work to have as fine finish as can
be obtained elsewhere and prices will be as
moderate as stationery market will permit
We wish, however, to make one statement
that we trust will not be misconstrued or misun-
derstood. While we have gone to great expense
in establishing our job Office and wish to get all
collection may be difficult. The high cost of
stationery with our limited capital forbids credit
accounts. We do not mean by this to say that
all orders from our old friends and customers
must be accompanied by cash. But we do mean
that 80 days is our limit and we trust we will
have very few accounts requiring so much time.
If we cannot collect for our work within reason
able time same will be without profit to us. as
labor and stationery, etc., must be paid for
promptly.
We also want to make another statement which
we also trust will not be misunderstood. The
price of imprinted stationery day is from 80 to
500 per cent above market quotations OF two
years ago. The awful wal now raging in Europe
is responsible for the great shortage Of paper that
has become so acute throughout the United States.
Fortunately labor has remained almost normal,
but prices on printed stationery must be IN keep
ing with the cost of the imprinted article. The
profit to the printer will be no greater to-day
than that obtaining before beginning of the war,
but the cost to the consumer will be considerable
more as compared to quotations before the war
began.
With this announcement we offer ourselves
as candidates for job printing assuring satisfac-
ton and guaranteeing prompt delivery.
THE TENSAS n AZtCTTE
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-15

No. 600 win cure Malaria OF Bn1oos
Fever. Il kills the germs.