4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1001. CURRENT COUNCIL CHILDREN'S VACATION' OVER All Art Expected t Be at Public Echoeli Early Today. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS EXPECTED High School li Itendy for the Army of V on n it People Only (he Tivenllrth Avenue School 9tA)n Cloned. Th-s new school year will begin today nnd with tho exception of the Twentieth avenue building every school In the city will bo opened this morning, everything being In readiness to receive tho pupils. Owing to prevalenco of diphtheria In the vicinity of the Twentieth Avenue school that building will not be opened until determined by Dr. H. R. Jennings, city health officer, who Is absent from tho city. Whllo there yet remains considerable work to bo done Ht the new High school In connection with the Installation of the heat ing, ventilating and lighting plant, the 'building will be ready for tho pupils this morning at 8;30 o'clock. Every pupil Is ex pected to be In attendance before 0 o'clock, as announcements of Importanco will bo mnde. The teachers have been assigned to the arloii3 kindergartens. Miss Francos Wright and Miss Oertrtido Davenport, Bloomer school: Miss Stevens and M& Lyons, Twen tieth Avenue; Mrs. Hardman, Miss Walker and Mlsa Lorlng, Pierce Street; Mrs, Card and Miss Watson, Eighth Street; Miss Trey nor and Miss Cooper, Avenue H; Miss Amcnt Hnd Miss Robinson, Second Avcnuo; Miss Kate Ocrner, Washington Avenue. Mini Coleman has resigned as kindergarten Instructor at the Bloomer school. The teachers have all returned from their vacation outings and Superintendent Clif ford Is looking forward to a most pros perous school year, i The women of tho Socoud Presbyterian church will serve a chicken dinner Tues day nnd Wednesday at fill West Broadway. Dlunor will be ready at 11:30 o'clock. TEMPERANCE UNION MEETS Women Asenthle In Annnnl Conven tion of Sixth IHMrlot of lon. The annual convention of tho Woman's Christian Temporanco union of tho 8lxth district of Iowa will open this evening In the Klrst Baptist church and will last over Wednesday. There will be three sessions each day, Tuesday and Wednesday. The Sixth district embraces the counties of Pot tawattamie Cass, Shelby, Harrison and Mills, with twenty' unions, which It la ex pected will be represented nt tho conven tion by 100 delegates. The officers of tho district are: President, Mrs. Ida B. Wlso, California Junction; vice president, Mrs. Frances Wlllctt. Woodblno; secretary, Mrs. Hattlo D. McK'aughtnn, Woodbine; treas urer. Mrs. May King. Little Sioux. A special feature of the opening program this evening will bo Mr. and Mrs. Beverldge, singing ovangollsts, who have Just com pleted a tour through Nebraska In tho In terest of temperance. Rev. W. D. Crewdson, pastor of tho First Christian church, will deliver the address of welcomo on behalf of tho chuiches and Mrs. Ellen K. Denny that on behalf of tho Council niuffn union. Among the prominent tempcranco work ers expected to bo present arc: Mlsa Ellon Moffatt of Marshalltown, stato superin tendent of franchise for the Iowa Women's Christian Temperance union; Mtb. Marlon II. Dunham of Burlington, president of tho Iowa Women's Christian Temperance union, who Is cdnsldcrcd one of the brightest speakers In tho national union. Mrs. Dun ham Is secretary of the board of trustees of tho Temperance temple In Chicago and edi tor of the Templo Appeal. She has also been a member of the national board of trustees slnco Its organization. Mrs. Frances Wlllotts of Woodbine, vice president of tho Sixth district, Is a sister of the noted' divine, Rov. Dwlght Wills, pastor of the Plymouth church, Brooklyn. This Is the program for the opening ses sion this ovenlng, which will begin at 8 o'clock: Music. Devotional service, Rev. W. If. Cable. Music. AddrcsH of welcome In behalf of the churches, Elder Crewdson. Address of welcomo In behalf of the Women's Christian Tempcranco union, Mrs. Ellen K. Denney. Response to addresses of welcome. Music. Symposium: The tempernnco iiucutlon as viewed from a scientific standpoint. Dr. P. I. Montgomery; economic stnndpolnt, Hov. Harvey Hohtetler; political, Mr. John Dalo; moral and religious, Rev, J. O. lcmcn. Offering. nenedlctlon. ( Davis sells class. Council II luff Presbytery, Tho next meeting of tho Council Bluffs Presbytery will be held In this city Friday, September 27, at tho Second Presbyterian church, when the new pastor, Rev. Harvoy Hostetlcr, will bo formally received Into the presbytery. Rev. H, E. Nlcklcn of Woodbine and J. C. Sonnan of Qriswold will also bo received Into tho Council Bluffs Presbytery at that time. ' (iravel roofing. A. H. Read, 641 Broad'y. Progress In I'nvlnp. Contractor WIckham has completed the paving of Scott streot and expects to finish tho work on Upper Broadway In a fow 9 Mid far thou who know whst's uaol. Woodward's Ganymede Chocolates M Opera BonBons Made By John 6. Woodward & Go. The Candy Men.' Council Iiluffa Iowa. 3 Iowa Steam Dye Works 304 Hrondway. Make youi old clothes look Ilk uaw. Cleaning, Dyeing and Repairing. LEWIS CUTLER Funeral Director (Successor to W. C. Kutepi , 38 rUAIIL STItKKT. '1'buno FARM LOANS 6 PER CENT Negotiated In r-amorn .br.K na Iowa. James N. Casady, Jr., Uf Main St., Council U'.uffa, NEWS OF IOWA. BLUFFS. days. Somo delay has been had on tho Broadway paving owing to tho delay of the Oaleaburg people In ihlpplng brick here. Work has been begun on the paving of (lien and High School avenues and Stutsman street. In tho event of Mayor Jennings sign ing tho contracts today for the paving of tho Fourth ward streets, Contractor WIck ham says bo will commence work at onco on First avenue, which Is to be paved be tween Pearl and Eighth streets. Mr. WIck ham states that tho suit recently begun In tho district court to nullify this contract v. Ill not deter him from doing the work. i Davis sells paint. . MI.on MENTION, Davis sells drugs. Stockcrt cells carpets and rugs. Fine ABC beer, Neumayer's hotel. Gas fixtures and globes. Blxby & Son. Wollmun, scientific optician, 409 Broadway. C. 13. Alexander ' & Co., pictures and frames. Tel. 3G8. The city council will meet In adjourned rcgulnr session tonight. Tho monthly session of the library board Is Muted for this afternoon. Missouri oak body wood. J3.50 cord. Wm. Wolch, 23 N. Main st. Tel. 128. The Bankers' union will meet Thursday evening In Knights of Pythlns hall. 'Get your work, done at tho popular Eagle laundry, 724 Broadway. 'Phone 157. Mips Roberta Hnttcnhuuer of the city schools Is homo from St. Louis, where sho spent tho vacation with relatives. Mrs. Caroline Wallace and daughter Ruth nro homo from u two months' visit with relatives nnd friends In Pennsylvania. Mlsa Corn .Bqneko of Carthage, Mo., Is guest of Mrs. A, T. Elwell on Willow avenue. W. C Ross nnd wlfo left last evening for nn extended visit nt Mr. Ross' pld homo In Belleville, Ont. Mrs. O. V. Hnrdcll and daughter Minnie will leave today for n visit with relatives nnd friends In Ohio nnd Michigan. Mrs. Emma Ingalls, supervisor of druwlng In the public schools, lias returned from Iowa City, whero she spent her vacation. Mrs. II. J. Gallngher, wife of Major Gal lagher, nnd children have gone to Hartlng ton, Neb., to visit Mrs. Gallagher's sister, Mr. Suing. Mrs. Hornuo Glenson l home from an ex tended eastern trip, which included visits In Buffalo, Boston, Washington nnd other points of Interest. Tho Knights and Indies of Security will meet Tuesday evening for election of offi cers. Refreshments will be served after tho bushiest) session. Grnnd Chancellor Frank Porterllcld of Atlnutlc will deliver nn nddrcss nt the pic nic of tho Knights of PythlaB next Thurs day nt Laku Mnnawa. A district convention of tho Pottawnt tnmlo County Sunday School nssoclatlon will bo held at Dumfries next Sunday. There will bu u. basket dinner at noon. Mr. nnd Mrs. J. C. Gould have gone to Denver, whero they will reside, Mr. Gould having been transferred from this district of tho Union Pacific to tho Colorado dis trict. Charles Sanderson Ih enjoying his annual vacation of tcu days. He has gona to Cleveland to attend the national encamp ment of tho Grnnd Army of tho Republic. He will take In thu exposition at Buffalo. Tho High school foot ball team will moet for tho practice gamo this afternoon, (.'np tain Aylesworth expects the High school boys to nut up a stronir Kame this season. as there Is plenty of promising timber, ho says, to select from. Aaron Lyman, son of tho late Major Lyman, congressman from tho Ninth Iowa district, Is In the city for a visit with his mother, who has been the guest of friends here. With Mrs. Lymnn ho will lcavo In a few days for the cust. Tho Driving Park assoclnton has received a propostlon from a Newport (Ky.) horse man to rent tho Union Driving park for a privato training establishment. If the terms are satisfactory the association, it la said, will accept tho proposition. Word has been received here of the death at Portland, Ore., of Georgo Parks, one of Council Bluffs' pioneer residents. In the early days deceased owned Porks' mill, east of tho city. Ills wife, one son and n daughter survive. Mrs. Parks was a daughter of the lato S. r). Bayllss, who donated the park which bears his namo to Council Bluffs. Tho employes of tho telephone exchange have presented U. A. Atkins, the retiring manager, with a handsome gold watch, charm and fob. Tho charm was engraved on ono side with tho Initials "C. A. A." and on tho reverse, "Presented by employes of tho Nebraska Telephone company, lSfC 1001." Mr. nnd Mrs. Atkins will lcavo Tues day for Grnnd Rapids, Mich. N. Y. Plumbing Co., telephone 351. A WOMAN WHO KEPT A SECRET, Now She's Mnrrlrrt nnd Aupnrently llniipy thnt She Didn't Tell. Judge John II. Baker of tho United States district court was In his private office tho other day, relates tho Indianapolis Sentinel, when a well-dressed woman, hardly more than 20, knocked at the door and, In re sponse to his Invitation, walked Into tho room and approached his desk. As tho full light from tho window fell upon her It re vealed a faco of moro than ordinary beauty. Tho bluthea deepened on tho cheeks of tho visitor as she reached the desk and stood looking nt the Judge. "I wsnt to thank you," she said In a low, musical voice, "for having sent mo to the reformatory and also for securing my par don. I am now married and happy and I owe It to you for having placed mo where I would no longer bo under evil Influences." Tho Judge recognized tho woman and spoke In words of praise of her conduct In tho prison and congratulated her on her better surroundings. Then, as If recollect ing something, he asked: "Now that you have been released from the reformatory, aro" you not ready to tell who gave you tho counterfeit money?" Tho young woman seemed thoughtful for a moment nnd then, shaking her head slowly, replied: ' "Oh! I don't have to tell you now." Judgo Baker recognized his visitor ns a young woman who was brought before him five ycnrB ngo on a charge of passing coun terfeit money. She was then about IS and neither tho court nor the district attorney was disponed to prosecute her very vigor ously, but they were anxious to learn from whom she received the money that tho maker could bo punished. Two men were under susplclqn, but tho government had no evidence that would Justify arrests. The girl was asked from whom she re ceived the counterfeits, but sho remained silent and no amount of coaxing could get tho Information from her. Finally the Judge told her he would send her to the reformatory till sho was of age unless sho told tho name of the person from whom she got the money, but would release her If she would tell. The girl kept silent and was sent out to the reformatory to spend the night, tho court hoping that a sight of the Institution and tlia prospect of spending six years thoro w'ould cause her to name her confederate. When sho was called before htm tho next morning ibn was as obdurate as ever and he passed sentenco upon her. IIo thought a great deal of tho case and after a while he mado up his mind that tho girl should bo pardoned and sho was ulti mately released through his rccommond.V tlou. Inquiry devolopod tho fact that she married soon after leaving the reformatory and was living In this city, but tho Judge had never seen her slnco her commitment till she appeared to thank him for the par '3on. "There Is ono woman that can keep a secret," said the Judgo after his visitor left the office, and he smiled as though It was a pleasure to have mado a test which resulted In such a demonstration' TO VOTE ON RAILROAD TAX Spieial Eltotion at Wiiterset to Give Aid to Nw Lint, METHODIST CONFERENCE AT DAYTON Hnrtent Home Jubilee nt Amen Itlch nrl Jordan's I'unernl nt tloonc Biker .nmlnntcd In IJeentur Count) lor I.eKlslntnre. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Sept. 8. (Special.) Tho dato has been set by the city council at WIntersct for the special election on the proposal to vote a tax In aid of the Des Molnea Southern railroad and the election will be held Tuesday. The petition pro stnted to the council contained over 300 names of freeholders asking for tho spe cial election. Tho proposition Is to vote about $11,000 In nld of a line from Llda on tho Oreat Western to Wlnterset, a dis tance of seventeen miles, and a llko amount tr. nld of tho extension of tho line Into Adalr county to a connection with the Bur lington. It Is regarded na certain the tax will bo voted nt tho special election nnd construction work will bo commenced next year. At tho same tlmo It Is announced officially that the preliminary Burvcys for a number of extensions of tho Des Moines Intorurban railroad have been completed and thnt next year thero will be extensions nt tho trolley system covorlng nearly 200 miles. The lines to Indlanola and Nevada will be completed, both of thorn being now under construction, and there will bo a new lino westward through Adcl, Panorn. Audu bon and Harlan, Franchises will bo asked through a number of the towns during tho next' few weeks and details will be so com pleted that work may bo commenced carlv In tho spring. HfIIkIouh Meeting. Tho first of tho series of Methodist con ferences Is now in session at Dayton, Web star county. This is tho Western Swedish conference and Includes all tho Swedish churches In the state. Bishop Merrill Is presiding. As the town has no ball largo enough for tho meetings a large tent has been erected. Tho Swedish Methodist churches havo been growing rapidly In Iowu. A largo delegation of members of tho Christian denomination will leave Des Moines tomorrow for Codar Rapids to at tend tho annunl state meeting of tho Chris tian church on Tuesday evening. Dr. Mc Cash, president of the association, will de liver his address. Tho annual mooting of tho Friends of Iowa and other western states Is In session In Oskaloosa. Tho Fort Dodgo Presbytery meets In Gltddon. commencing on Tuesday of this week. Rov. W. W. Taft of Rockwell City Is tho mode rator. The Wortburg synod of the Evan gelical Lutheran churches meets' In Bur lington, commencing September 17. Tho synod embraces Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. llnrvcat Home nnd College. The annual harvest homo Jubilee and ex cursion to the Iowa State college at Ames Is to bo hold Septerabor 18. Special trains will bo run from Clinton, Tama, Movllle, Paulllna, Onawa, Missouri Valley, Harlan, Audubon, Des Moines, Mason City, Oska loosa, and other points. Theso annual Jubi lees at the state college have become an Interesting featuro of college work, as they afford on opportunity for all who are in terested In the work of the college to be come acquainted with Its work. All the dopartmentB of the college will bo In full operation at that time. Funernl of l'nnnlnr I.nwjcr. Tho funeral of Richard Jordan was held In Boone today. His death was from rush ing through tho flames of a burning barn, but tho singular part of It was that for nearly a week nfter tho accident no appre hension was felt by him or his friends. He had rushed Into his barn which was on flro to try to save a horso. Before he could accomplish his purpose ho was sur rounded by flames and had to go through tho flro to get out. Ho was badly burned, but It waa not believed there was any Im mediate danger from his Injurlos. Thurs day evening he developed alarming symp toms and soon died In great pain. Ho formorly llvod In Des Moines, was ono of tho most aggressive lawyers In central Iowa and very popular among all classes. He had recently finished for himself a fine sum mer cottage at tho lakes In northern Iowa. Renoinlnnted for I.CKlNlntnre. Tho republicans In Decatur county yes terday renominated P. L. Elker for mom ber of the house, and In Cherokee county O. F. Coburn was also renominated. In Clinton county David Brant was renomi nated, although ho tried to docllno the nomination. With Brant was nominated Dr. Norton Lyons of DeWltt. Tho same con vention nominated Georgo D. McDald for senator. The republican senatorial con vention In the Monona-Harrlaon-Crawford district Is to bo held Tuesday noxt at Logan, with each of the counties having a candi date In tho field. The democratic conven tion In tho same district Is to bo held Sep tember 16 at Missouri Valley. I Iluone Ilrmocrnllo Ticket. BOONE, la., Sept. 8. (Special.) The democrats of Boono county held their con vention yesterday and put a full ticket In the Held. Tho nominees are; For repre sentative, B. H. Smith; for sheriff, T. B. Holmes; for treasurer, J. J. Phelan; for surveyor, Ira Shaw; for coroner, Phil nun berg. LATE JUDICIAL DECISIONS. I.nndlord und Tenant, If a landlord after the expiration of a term of years consent to tho continued oc cupation of the premises, a tenancy from year to year arises. Such consent may bo Inferred from the words or conduct of the parties. If, upon an action for rent before tho district court, such consent be In ferred from testimony capablo of support ing such an inference, a return to that effect establishes tho tenancy in this court and a Judgment for tho rent due under It will not bo disturbed, 49 At. Rep. (N. Y.), 678. Liquor Trnde. The mere fact that one keeps Intoxi cating liquors for homo consumption will not authorlte him to aoll or keep for sale intoxicating liquors without a license or permit. 86 N. W. Rep. (Neb.) 1073. A mother, ponding an action upon a liquor seller's bond, under section 16, C. 50, Comp. St., brought on her own behalf and that of her minor children, has not authority to settle and compromise their rights without tho authority and approval of the court. 86 N. W. Rep. (Neb.) 1059. M mi ii fnctiirrrM, On n sale of a manufactured article, such as glue, for a particular purpose the law Implies a warranty that It Is adequate to tho purpose for which It was told and pur chased. S7 N. W. Rep. (Mich.) 92. Hrnl Katnte AirrnU. Where persons are dealing with each other upon equal terms, and no confidential relation exlits between them, neither Is bound to dticloie superior Information ho may have respecting the transaction. Poor Judgment or unfortunate trades, In the ab sence of fraud or deception, form no basis for tollcf by the court. 87 N, W. Rep. (Neb.) 12. Muitlclpnl Mnttcrn. Where some of the members of a city council are stockholders of a corporation, the council, In South Carolina, cannot con tract with such corporation for ltu benefit. 39 S. E. Rep. (S, C.) 265. 1'nrent nml Child. A decreo which determines tho custody of Infant children, from which no appeal has been taken, may bo modified becauso of tho changed condition of tho child's henlth. 65 Pac. Rep. (Wash.) 616. Itnllrond Cnmiinnle. It Is error to hold, as a matter of law, that a brakeman who, In tho course of his employment, goes between cars moving at tho rato of four or flvo miles an hour, Is guilty of such negligence ns will precludo a recovery for Injuries sustained by him while In that act, where such Injuries result from the negligence of his employer. SO N. W. Rep. (Neb.) 10DS. .Soelnl Clulm, Whero a member of an unincorporated club renews In his own name and for his own benefit a lcaso of ground which the club had held as tenant at sufferance without payment of rent, an action to havo the lease claimed by such person Impressed with a trust In behalf of the plaintiff, an officer of tho association, or else to have It adjudged that the defendant acted as plaintiff's agent In procuring tho lease, will not lie. 771 N. Y. Supp. 159. Tenchem. Under 2 Comp. Laws 1897, section 4678, re quiring contracts with school districts to bo In writing, an oral contract with a teacher to continue the school for n month after the expiration of his written contract Is not enforceable, though such teacher has per formed tho services, 87 N. W. Rep. (Mich.) SO. Wnr lie veil lie Tnx, A written Instrument consisting of two separable ones, a promissory note, and a clause containing certnln provision! as to tho entering of Judgment thereon in tho event of nonpayment, generally known as a "Judgment note," Is not taxable, under act June 13, 1S98, providing that a power of at torney to perform all acta not therelnbo foro specified shall bo stamped with a 25 ccnt stamp. 109 Fed. Rep. 80. Corporation,). Where a corporation entered Into partner ship articles with a firm and embarked moneys In nnd sold goods to the firm, the corporation, to tho extent of such acts, executed tho contract of partnership by becoming n partner de facto, nnd could not, by n3crtlng that the partnership agree ment was ultra vires, prove a claim In competition with general creditors upon bankruptcy of tho firm. 109 Fed, Rep. 135. Cnrnorntlon. A director of a corporation, who has sold his stock therein, cannot complain that ho had no notlco of a directors' meeting, no member of tho corporation having found fault therewith. 86 N. W. Rep. (Mich.) 1040. Cornorntloim. Whero an action Is brought by a foreign corporation to quiet title to land, which title Is denied merely, a certificate of the clerk of tho court of tho county wherein such land Is situated, stating that such corporation has not filed a certificate au thorizing It to do business In such county as a foreign corporation, or otherwlso, Is not odmtsslblo In evidence, since such fail ure docs not Invalidate the contracts of foreign corporations mado within the state. 61 N. E. Rop. (Ind.) 10. Credit Men. W. purchased goods of tho plaintiff and agreed to execute a mortgage to secure the price, but, without executing tho mort gage, sold the goods to defendant, vrho ex ecuted a note In payment. Held that, In tho ahsence of proof that the note was ne gotiable, the court was Justified In finding that defendant was not a purchaser for value. 64 S. W. Rep. (Tex.) 236. Credit Men, i Aa tho legal title to mortgaged per sonal property Is In the mortgage, after default, subject only to the equitable right of the mortgagor to redeem, a chattel mort gagor, after default, cannot maintain an action against the mortgagee for a conver sion thereof. 71 N. Y. Supp. 277. Executor nnd Adnillilnrntorn. Claims against the cstato of a defendant made by near relatives for personal ferv ice require stronger proof to cstabllah them than ordinary claims by Grangers. 71 N. Y. Supp. 474. Kxeentora nnd AdmlnUlrntora. Whore an administrator ratified a leasa mado by descendant's sons of the farm, with the creatures thereon. Including a dog, and tho tenant caused the dog to bo registered, which act tho administrator op proved, and paid the registration foe, ho was tho ownor of the dog, within Gen. St. 1E88, Sec. 3761, and was llablo thereunder to a peraon bitten by the dog. 49 At. Rop. (Conn.) 897. TIIK LITTLE lUinilEfl HANDS, Production Enormoim nnd Demnnd Bonnie the Supply. "The little elastic rubber band that Is nowadays used In various businesses In place of twine seems n almplo Bort of thing, but there nre few, If nny, of the multitude of small article mado out of rubber for which thero Is such an enorm ous demand, especially in tho United Stntes," remarked a wholesale dealer In rubber bands to a Washington Star writer tho other dny. "In this country the num ber of rubber bands sold In one yenr amounts to nbout 400,000 gross or 57,000,000 stnglo bands, At least CO per cent of tho goods nre made In factories located In New Jersey and New England. In New York there aro n half-dozen factories de voted pnrtly or exclusively to the manu facture of rubber bands. "The process by which the bands aro made Ik simple. The rubber In n liquid state Is molded Into tubing of sizes suit able for forming the small and medium vurlctles of bands. When tho tubing Is rendy for use It Is put Into a rapid-running machine having knives, which cut or slice the rubber Into hands Tho larger bands aro cut by machinery from flat sheets of rubber and Joined together with the old of heat and a pressing machine, "Rubber band aro mode In only two colors, black and brown. They range' In slzo from one-quarter of an Inch to six Inches In length. Tho snialest bands are one-slxteenth of nn Inch wide and the largest nre out nnd one-half Inches wide, The xrnnllcst bands are worth 21 cents per gross, whllo the medium-sized ones sell at from IS to i cents per gross whole sale. Larfter sizes cost from 11 up to $6 per gross. "The greatest consumers of rubber bands nre druggists and grocers. They use the smallest nnd medium-sized bands In place of twine for putting up small packaKcs. The large flat and expensive bands nre used by court officers, lawyers, bankers and merchants for filing documents and papers. No rubber bands aro Imported Into this cojntry, but a few American rubber bands are exported to the West Indies and South American countries." i PORTERS SPURN TIP SYSTEM Rerdutienary Stip ii Taken bj the Dnsky Handler! of Eerthi. ANTI-TIP CLUB BENEFITS THE FUBLIC I'nllmnn Emnloien Omnnlte to Secure W linen Hint Will Ennlite Them to He Independent of Public Generosity. When the bare statement Is made that 7,000 Pullman car porters have formed an association to suppress the custom of giv ing tips, and have passed resolutions de nouncing those who nccept such fees, tho average person Is smitten with doubts of the reliability of the Information. It Is true, however, although the reasons which havu brought about this revolutionary stop by the colored porters probably need elucidat ing. Tho formation of an nntl-tlp club and the passagn of anti-fee resolutions by the Pull man porters, relates the Brooklyn Eagle, marks no sudden change of heart on the part of the men who make up berths, polish shoes and assault passengers' garments with whisk brooms. It only means that the Pull man porters are tired of tho Pullman com pany's little way of considering the porter's tips as part of the porter's salary. It Is no secret that this way of paying. tho salaries of tho porters of sleeping cars has long been ono of the business principles of every railroad and company which operates slcoplng cais. It originated with tho Pull man company, nnd has been adopted as a useful Idea by every company which em ploys porters. For this reason thero has been no fixed rate of pay for Pullmaan por ters tho word "Pullman" being used In this connection to describe nil kinds of sleeping cars. On somo railroads the rato of pay has been 430 a month; on others It has been )12 and 15. The different rates havo been arbitrarily fixed by tho companies which employ tho porters, tho basis of pay being calculated according to tho valua tion of this or that run from a tip stand point. In other words, tho companies ore in the habit of paying living wages on lines which carry few sleeping car passijngcrs, while, on tho best trains, where passengers aro plentiful, tho salary Is mado as low as possible, tho Idea being that the traveling public shall, by Its tips, make up tho rest of the porter's salary, This economical Idea, by which the public paid moro than half the salaries of all sleeping car porters, worked well enough for the porters until tho public awakenod to the Imposition. Tho Invurlably tax of "a quarter for tho porter" had becomo al most a recognized traveling expense, many commercial house's oven allowing It as a legltlmato expenditure when nudltlng tho bills of their traveling salesmen. Then somebody "woko up," and proceeded to awaken his neighbors. It came to be real izedapparently quite suddenly that tho prlco paid for accommodation In sleeping cars was high enough to enable tho rail road and sleeping car companies to pay fair and equal wages to porters. Then tho public began to resent tho 25 cent tax. Si multaneously with this resentment, tho scalo of tips began to fall. Tne onco In evitable quarter became tho frequent dlmo and tho occasional nickel. Portors who had been making $15 In salary and $2 In tips found that tho tips of the montht sank rapidly toward tho $5 mark. Protests were made to the car companies and to the rail roads, but the protests were in vain. Thn came more drastic measures, culminating in the formation of the Antl-tlp association. For much of this chango of sentiment the labor organizations are responsible. The va rious strikes of railroad employes brought about the organization of the sleeping car porters also. The colored employes, who once were satisfied to live half on salary and half on charity, learned to resent tho way In which they wero forced to extort their living from tho public. Tho labor or ganizations taught them that thoy had a right to fair wages, that no part of their salary should be left to chanco nnd tho ca price of the public. They wero taught to regard tho tip method of drawing salary as llttlo better than a system of licensed mon dlcancy. The educated colored man Is usu ally as Jealous of his natural rights as any white man can be, and It took him, as a class, a very short tlom to learn the lesson of wage Independence. He was mado to realize that no mechanic would consent to exchange part of his salary for tho right to accept tips from the public, and ho was urged to exhibit a similar spirit. He has not been slow in making the exhibit, but ho has not been very successful In bringing tho railroads and car companies to his way of thinking. Individual protest has been made many times, and In some cases all the sleeping car porters at a terminal station havo tried to obtain an equitable arrangement of the salary question on an antl-tlp basis. These attempts nave been generally unsuccessful Tho first organized effort to abollshh the tip oasis or estimating tho wagos to bo paid to sleeping car porters was made In St. Louis, where, a few days ago, 7,000 Pullman rorters signed the roll of an organization wnoso object Is tho establishment of uni form wages for employes. The men frankly aamit mat some "runs" aro qulto profitable and that, although tho salary of the place Is only 112 or $16, a porter can realize $50 or more a month. Nevertheless, they object to tho system. Thoy want things so ar ranged that every porter Is paid a fixed sniary and" is forbidden to accent a tin Branches of this antl-tlp organization are to bo soon established In other cities, par ticularly In Chicago and New York. Thero Is, at present, no organization of this kind in New York, the men say, but the Pullman porters who have their headquarters thoro express themselves as thoroughly In favor of the plan. Similar abuses exist among wnlteis of both races and In New York city moro than ono attempt has been mado to organize tho men and obtain an equitable system of wages. It Is claimed that not only aro waiters In tho fashionable hotels paid miser ablo salaries, which thoy are expected to celt out by tips, but that thoy aro also mulcted by the head waiters, It Is charged that In several of the largo hotels In New York no waiter can obtain employment un less ho undertakes to pay tho head waiter a percentage of both his salary and his tips. It Is also said that In two of the hotola tho position of head waiter Is con sidered to bo so valuable that tho holder of tho position is required to pay n weekly sum for the privilege of holding the place. Against these abuses the Walters' union both In Now York and In other cities has battled with varying fortune, Thoro are very few hotels or restaurants In which the acceptance of a tip by a waiter is pro hibited, but there arc some and it Is said that the number Is growing. Not long ago a tip to a barber was considered to bo the proper thing, but nowadays barber shops aro plentiful In which the acceptance of tips Is prohibited, Wherover there Is prohibition of tips It may be taken for granted that a fair liv ing wago Is paid and employers say they notice that tho prohibition Is beneficial to bota parties. Customers, they say, aro re lieved of the bother of bestowing tips and employes gain In self-respect by not ac cepting them. Tho radical reform of the tip evil Is said to be In the hands of those of the puhllc who give, as well as In those of the cm ployeb who accept When the unob can bx eliminated the professional tip giver will vanish, too. When men cease to be servile for money when nobody truckles and smirks for the sako of a dollar the rac of tip takers will dlo out. Those who aro making a battle against this evil rtro not sparing In words of condemnation for both parties to the transaction. They accuso the man who makes a practlco of tipping of ostentation of trying to Impress upon the recipient of tbo tip that ho Is both wealthy and generous. Similarly they ac CU80 the man who takes a tip of servility, They say he has a Jelly backbone, that he truckles for money and that ho la willing to trade his rights and his Independence for a tip. Labor organizations all over tho country are passing antl-tlp resolutions nnd are trying to make their members live up to them. Tiritl.0 OFF THE MILES. There Are SrrernI Wnys More or I.e Accurate. "There has been somo picturesque fiction written about tht ciac with hlch railroad men and drummers nre supposed to tick off the miles p.s the train speeds nlong, from things thoy can see from the car window, said a railroad conductor to a Washington Star reporter "Thero Is only one strictly accurate wav and that Is to scat yourself on the side o tho train from which may bo observed tho white mile posts that lino the road and hold your watch on them, If jou have a split-second watch It will provo Interesting to note thnt whllo you make one mile In sixty seconds the next was covered In fifty three and the third In seventy seconds, and so on, as the spotd of the train Increuses or slackens. You may also follow around tho llttlo second hand on an ordinary watch It kills time. "Some pretend to say that they can tell the speed of tho train by counting the tel? Rrnph poles. If there were an exact num ber of telegraph poles to every mile this might ho done by a little figuring, but there Is a difference. The number of telegraph poles to a mile vary from thirty-three to forty, depending upon the straight stretches and tho curves In tho track, the latter hav Ing moro poles than tin. former. So, you sec, It Is not as easy as the drummer would havo tho other passengers believe. "If tho poles aro planted thirty-three t the mile they arc 160 feet apart, and every eleven passed represents a third of a mile, If placed forty to a mile, they aro 132 feet apart, and every twenty represents half mile. "These nre easy figures to remember, and by applying them on a Journey a passenger may obtain nn Idea, more or less accurate, of tho speed of the train. "Another way la to attempt to count the clicks of tho wheels of the truck of you car as they pass over the rails where Joined. Tho rails of the roads as placed today are too evenly Joined to arrive n an exact determination by this method, be cause, If you miss two or throe Joints you calculations are thrown out as to accuracy 'However, thero aro railroad men who cannot tell you tho number of rails to th mile of their own roads, and rails vary In length, the average being thirty feet, some thirty-three feet and somo sixty feet. At thirty feet there are 176 rails to the mile and If you can count 176 consecutive clinks as your train files along you may deter mlno Its speed, and not otherwise. "Twenty years ago a rail weighing fifty or fifty-six pounds to the yard was con sldcred heavy. Today the average weight la eight;' and ninety pounds, favoring th rormer; so tho average rail In uso now weighs 800 pounds. If there are 176 rail to tho mile, each separate mllo of rail weighs 140,800 pounds, and on n four-track road 563,200 pounds of rold rolled steel hold up the cars to every mile. As New lork Is 221 miles from Wash tngton, on each of the two four-track linen of railroad between the two cities, at the abovo averago weight of rails the earth noms up 502,268,800 pounds of steel." GETTING ADVANCED IDEAS. Spirit of the Aite Ahaorlied ly Youth ful Minds. "I am afraid that the world Is becoming aegenerato," said the well known clergy man to a Detroit Free Press man. "I do not wish to think that It Is as bad as It appears on the surface, but thero aro days ,wncn I nm l.ed to believe that I am too much of an optimist nnd that the very chil dren am becoming Impregnated with 'ad vanced Ideas.' 'There Is a little toddler who lives next door to me who Is a great friend of mine and who Is a frequent visitor to my study The last week he has been entertaining a iiltio girl aoout ills own ago. and I sa very llttlo of him till yesterday when ho called upon me In my study, accompanied ny nis nttio friend. " 'Well, children,' said I. pleasantly wnat can i do ror you?' " 'You tell him,' said the boy. nudclns tne little girl. "'No, you; you'de a man,' she answered bashfully. "Well, said he, desperatoly, after a moment's pause-, 'wo want you to marry us Just as quick as you can!' " 'Why In such haste?' I asked, con quering a desiro to laugh. " 'You tell him,' said ho, turning to his little friend. " 'No, you,' she lisped. " 'Woll, sir,' said he, facing me and squaring his shoulders, 'you see Jennie hero Is going home this nfternoon, and wo want to get married right away so we will have time to havo a fight and get a divorce bo fQro she leaves!" IIOI'SE PLANTS FOR WINTEfl. Some of Ihe Vnrletle Which Are Ennlext to Grow Indoors. The best tlmo to got decorative plants to bo grown Indoors during the winter Is early In September, says a writer In the Lad'es' Homo Journal. At that senron artificial heat nnd high, moist temperature havo bcon dispensed with and plants are growing more naturally than at any other time In tho yoar. Thero arc but fow which ens ein expect to grow well In tho house In winter. Tho aspidistra Is a plant which cannot be killed by ordinary neglect. Give It all the water It needs, an occasional application of rortlllzor and a reasnnnblo amount of light, The agave Is a stately plant nnd a well grown specimen always attracts attention. ror the hall It will be found qulto as orna mental as a palm. Because of the semi succulent nature of the follogo It will not require much water except when It Is grow ing. Asparagus Sprengcorl Is another riant which grows as well for the veriest amateur as It does for tho owner of a greenhouse. Plant tt In n soil of rich loam and give It a liberal allowance of water when It nords It, a shady place to grow In and a frequent shower bath, Begonias aro not cfttn classed among the very robust plants, but there Is ono variety which I have found 8uro to grow well undor difficulties. This variety Is B, argentea guttata. Olve It a soil of sandy loam, well drained. Be earn fill not to overwater, but shower It fre quently. (ill EAT FORESTS OK AI(I7.n.A. LnrgrM UiihroUen Aren of Pine Tim. her In the t'nlted Stntr. Few of those who travel thrnnnh th. . rltory by rail realize the extent of the Arizona forests. Followl na: Ik from th re port of Governor Murphy: "Arizona has the largest unbroken pine forest In the United fitat mvrtna .n area of over 6,000 aquaro miles. This tim ber Is usually found at an altitude of be tweon 6,500 nnd 7,500 feet, Tho total qusn tlty of plno timber fit for sawing purr t within tho boundaries of the terrl' ry amounts to 10,000,000,0iglet, which cau supply tho needs of aippulous state for moro than n crnttiry. Tho principal foresr area Is In Coconino county and borders the Grand canyon of the Colorado, althouch Gilo, Apacho and Ynvapal counties have considerable timber. In the MoroII n mountains, In Yavapai, Coconino and OIK counties there aro largo bodies of oak tim ber suitable for tho manufacture of farm machinery, wagons, etc., and for furnishing lumber, but at present It la too Inarresji. ble to be of great commercial value The government has created some large forest reserves In northern Arizona an! promulgated rules for their regulation w a a view to their preservation from spol a tton and to prevent destruction by fire The principal lumber mills of Arizona ars situated at Flagstaff nnd Williams, in Coconino county on the line of the Saata Fe Pacific railway, and their equipment i modern In every way. The Arizona Lumber and Timber company at Williams have m complete plants for the manufactura ef lumber, boxes, etc., as can be found In tht United States." TO MAKE 1'Eni'ECT C.IRI.SI. A School In Enatlnnd Mnkes n Notnlile Depnrtnre. A girls' school where the ologlcs are ta booed and whero mathematics Is an uo known terror has been for several years a flourishing Institution In tho beautiful county of Kent, England. The one aim of this school Is to develop girls Into physical perfection and nothing Is nllowed to Inter fere In tho smallest degree with the attain ment of this object. A Chicago matron whose 16-year-old daughter haa Just begun a two-year course there Is of tha opinion that her child will graduate Into a happier woman than many a seminary girl who has burned midnight oil, which, by tho way, is an unheard-of abomination In tho Kent school. The founder and head of the school Is a Swedish woman, who has nttalned a high position as an authority on physlctl culture and who had broad experience as a teacher In London before sho opened her rollege, which Is backed by several wel known English women. Every applicant submits to a medical ex amination, and If organic disease Is found Is not accepted as a pupil, but If there is nothing moro serious cut of order than nerves, digestion, circulation, etc., tho girl Is admitted, provided there Is n vacancy for her. Hor corsets come off at once and are not put on again during the two years. Sho does not don a hat 'rom tho hour she enters the school until the hour she leaves, no matter how bad the weather may be. Her diet Is liberal, but strictly hygienic, and nny exceptions In It are mado only by tho physician's orders. Sho wears a uni form, consisting of a loose blouse of dark blue wool with knickerbockers and a light weight kneo kilt, black woolen stockings and low tan shoes. Sho goes to bed every night nt 9 and gets up at 6, and unless (t Is nctunlly storming she spends almost every munent of tho dny If tho open air. Simple Instruction In anatomy Is given and the pupil Is taught to awlm, row, rlda horso and wheel, run, vault play cricket, tt nuts ninl nockey. Tho applications for admission are alwi y.s far m advance of ad'omiood'iHonr, and steps r.ro being taken for large tj.lcnelon of tlid school. TATTOOINO IX WHITE. Senslrie Mnldena Ullllre the Snn for n N'eir nnd Novel Fnd. Positively tho newest fad of the sea shore resorts this season Is exceedingly popular with tho summer girls tattooln? In white. How It originated no one has been ablo to tell, but It got here, as nearly all can testify. One of the charmers ap peared on tho beach at Atlantic City th other day with her favorite college design apparently tattooed In whlto on hor sun browned arm. There was the flag of tho University of Pennsylvania, with the let ters "U. P," and beneath this a llttlo heart. The thing caused a deal of speculation anl something of a sensation for a long time, but the fair schemer could not keep tha secrot and a lot of her chums copied th Idea, which now threatens to spread all along tho coast. 'How Is it done?" aBka the fair one In reply to a questlouer. "That Is easy. Be fore I exposed my arm to tho fierce rays of tho sun I cut out the design I wished from adhesive plaster and stuck It fast to my arm. When the browning process was well along I took off tho plaster and thero was tho flag In white Just as nice as you please." Ono of tho fair devotees of fads was not content to show her collego preference on her arm, but worked out a design on her neck. It Is not likely that many will fol low her Idea, however, since they must don evening dress for tho hops. Some of them havo gone a step further and allowed tho sun to print upm their fair arms the Inl tlala of their very best young men, with a sentimental design accompanying them. NeTrinier. Under Denver city charter, art. 2. sec tion 8, providing that no ordinance shall tako effect until published In some news paper of general circulation, or In a book or pamphlet, ono publication in a Sunday newspaper of an ordlnanco authorizing tha construction of a sewer Is not a sufficient publication to support an assessment thero for, slnco a Sunday publication Is of no effect. 65 Pac. Rep. (Colo.) 680. The Best Indorsement. Raster's Mnndrnko Hitters Is polrl nnd Riiiirnntpert to euro the diseases for which It Is designed, by every dniKRlst In tho United Stntes, or money refunded. What better Indorsement can be given n nit'dleine. It cures constipation, nlclc headaelit, blllloumiPHS, dizziness, Jaun dice, expels all poison from tho blood, nnd mnUes you well and strong, la liquid or tablets. 25 rents. Try It. 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