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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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