Dakota county
MOTTO-All The News When It Is News.
VOLUME 19
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1910.
NUMBER 14
2ND SESSION OPENS
BIG CROWD 13 PRESENT TO WIT
NESS THE "BEGINNING OF
THE END."
CANNON QUITE UNPERTURBED
Many Members and Employee En
tering Upon Their Last Service,
but the Democrats May Retain
Blind Chaplain.
Washington. Thousands of per
sons throng the capltol at the open
ing of congress Monday, and if their
thoughts qpuid be read it probably
would be found that most of them
were drawn to witness the preliminary
proceeding by a deslro to be in "at
the beginning of the end," for be II
known that as soon as this Bhort ses
sion is over the control of the house
of representatives passes from the Re
publicans into the hands of the Demo
crats. Opening day in congress always
draws a throng, but as a general thing
the crowds which gather at the begin
ning of the first session when a new
congress takes hold are much larger
than thoRO which come together to
witness the proceedings on the open
ing day of the second session. Curi
osity perhaps to see how men take de
feat was responsible in large part for
the overflowing attendance at the pres
ent opening.
Speaker Cannon looks at the Repub
lican majority which sits at his left
and understands with a resigned yet
painful fullness of knowledge, that in
a short time a Democratic speaker
will have his place and will see sitting
at his left an overwhelming majority
of Democrats.
Speaker Cannon Bhows no sign ol
discomfiture in the defeat of his party
and in his knowledge of the passing of
personal power. His gavel comes down
with the same old resounding whack
and his smile for Democratic inter
reupters is as grim as ever it wus. The
blind chaplain of the house, Rev. Mr.
Couden. prayed at the opening without
showing visible evidence that his own
position as spiritual director of the
lower chamber is in danger. The Dem
ocrats like the chaplain, it is said, and
this feeling of kindliness, taken with
the fact that the clergyman has been
totally blind for many years, may save
him his chaplaincy when the Demo
crats take charge of the offices and of
the legislation in the lower bouse.
In the senate Vice-President Sher
man occupies again the chair of the
presiding officer. There are several
vacant seats In the senate which at
the last session were occupied. Three
members of the upper house recently
have died. There was a crowd in the
senate galleries, as there was in those
of the house. The Republicans will
still control the senate after March 4,
but notwithstanding this there are a
good many senators who are Just be
ginning the last session of their pres
ent service In congic?s3.
Nearly nil the officers of the house
of representatives, except possibly the
chaplain, are entering on their last
few months of service. The veteran
clerk, Alexander McDowell, who has
been in the service for many years,
will depart in March. Asher C. Hinds,
the parliamentarian, who knows the
rules and precedents better than any
other man, will leave his place at the
speaker's side to take a seat as a
member of the house, for he recently
was elected to congress from a Maine
district. Altogether, four or five hun
dred house employees will be affected
by the recent Democratic victory and
most of them will be separated from
the service.
LIBERALS TO RETAIN POWER
Results of British Elections Show
Unionists Have No Chance of
Replacing Present Government.
London. The position of the par
ties Monday night after the second
day's polling in the general election
was as follows: Government coalition:
Liberals, 87; labor, 14; Nationalists,
16; total, 117.
Opposition: Unionists, 116.
The results of Monday's poll mere
ly confirms the opinion formed that
the result of Saturday's contests
show that, the Unionists now have no
possible hope of replacing the Lib
erals in power.
FIFTEEN HURT IN WRECK
Passengers Suffer In Accident on the
Missouri Pacific Due to a
Broken Rail.
Lamonte, Mo. Fifteen persons
were seriously Injured when a Mis
souri Pacific passenger train was
wrecked two miles east of Knobnos
ter Friday. Among them were Mrs.
Belle Rose, Chicago; Mrs. Josephine
Flood, Kvnnsvllle, Ind.; W. S. Hum
phrey, St. Ixmls; E. O. Wood. Lenexa,
Kan.; Mathew Matson, Maplewood,
Mo.; G. R. Kas'tland, Nevada, Mo.
The wriik was caused b" a broken
rail.
Cuts Off Man's Nose.
Muncle, Ind. --In a quarrel over 11.92,
which Charles Conway said William
Meyers, aged sixty-three, a well-to-do
contractor, owed hhii, Conway Tues
day stubbed the elder man 11 times,
cutting off Meyer's uu.-e and fatally in
juring him.
Thornton Wins Louisiana Toga.
I'.uton Iioi't''', La. Judge J. It. Thorn
ton of Alexandria was Tuesday elected
by the Louisiana peneral assembly
United StaiiM n nator to succeed the
Jate Seator Mt iiijeiy
WOULD THIS Bfc THE
mrMm 4m (
IF ENGLAND SWITCHED FROM MAN TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND
THE MEN WANTED VOTES?
BATHTUB TRUST HIT
THIRTY-TWO FIRMS AND 16 INDI
VIDUALS INDICTED FOR
CONSPIRACY.
VIOLATE ANTI-TRUST LAW
Principal Defendant It Standard Sani
tary Company of Pittsburg and Its
Officer Alleged Concerns Control
85 Per Cent, of Output.
Detroit, Mich. The federal grand
jury Tuesday returned indictments
against 16 firms and 22 individuals
alleged to ha -secured control of
the annual output of bathtubs, sinks,
lavatories, etc., in the United States.
The principal defendant is the
Standard Sanitary Manufacturing
company of Pittsburg, and the indi
vidual indictments include the presi
dent, first and second vice-presidents
and the treasurer of this concern.
Against each firm wid each individ
ual there are two indictments, con
taining six and four counts respec
tively, under the Sherman anti-trust
law, charging in substance that the
defendants control 83 per cent, of the
output of enameled iron ware, tubs,
sinks, lavatories, etc., and that they
have conspired to restrain trade and
lix prices. It is alleged that the con
spiracy was formed at Mount Clemens.
Mich., last April and the criminal
cases grew out of a civil suit brought
in the federal court at Baltimore.
MACVEAGH ASKS $743,414,861
Treasury Secretary Sends Estimates
to Congress for Government
Bureau's Expenses.
Washington. The estimates of ap
propriations required for every branch
of the federal governw-nt during the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1912. ag
gregating $748,414,801, were submit
ted to congress Tuesday by Secretary
MacVeagh of the treasury department.
This grand total stands against esti
mates of $745,294,513 for the current
fiscal year, which appropriation in
cluded over $10,000,000 for tho census,
over $10,600,000 for the postal defi
ciency and other deficiencies.
There are no particularly striking
features in this year's estimates.
Among the items are: Increase in the
navy, $23,294,048, including $12,640,428
for construction and steam machinery
and armor and armament in the pro
posed building program for 1912 and
$3,000,000 for armor on vessels al
ready authorized.
MAJ. GEN. MERRITT DEAD
Distinguished Veteran of Civil, Indian
and Spanish War Diet at
Natural Bridge, Va.
Natural Bridge, Va. MaJ. Gen.
Wesley Merritt, retired, died here
Saturday. His home was in Washing
ton. He was known throughout the
country for his war services, as mili
tary governor of the Philippines, and
as commander of the various army
departments in the United States.
General Merritt's service in the
United States army was an uninter
rupted one. His promotion was grad
ual and In recognition of fine quali
ties as soldier and gentleman.
Fire Threatens Town.
Menominee, Mich. Fire Tuesday al
most totally destroyed tho plant of
tho Lelsen & ifeiies Brewing com
pany, entailing u Iosh of about $75,-
000, covered by Insurance. por a time
ho entire town was threatened.
Sam Langford Whips Harris.
Boston. Two rounds were sufficient
for Sain Langfo.'d, middleweight chain
pion, to put Monis Harris, the New
York lieavyweig'it, to slnniberlaf.d In
the feature bout at the Armory A. A.
Tuesday nltbt.
METHOD OF PETITION
DUVEENBB0S,0WE$5,0D0,000
ART FIRM DEFRAUDS GOVERN
MENT OF VAST SUM.
Their Attorney Seeks to Make Condi
tlonal Compromise With Wash
ington Authorities.
New York. Duveen Bros., the great
est art and antique dealers and con
noisseurs in America, owe the United
States government $3,000,000, accord
ing to an announcement made by Col
lector Loeb Tuesday.
This vast sum represents the cus
toms duties out of which the govern
ment has been defrauded by the Du
veens slnae they established their fa
mous house twenty years ago. The
amount was arrived at by the govern
ment experts, who have been compar
ing the book values of the firm with
invoiced values sworn to on articles
entered at the New York custom
house. The amount claimed does not
represent the value of tho imports, but
the actual amount out of which it is
alleged the wealthy Englishmen have
swindled this government in tariff
duties.
They declare that the frauds they
have discovered exceed tose of any
of a sli.iilar character ever perpe
trated. John B. Stanchfleld, attorney for the
Duveens both in the civil and criminal
actions pending against them, has In
stituted negotiations with officials of
the treasury department snd depart
ment of justice at Washington to com
promise the cases against his clients,
one condition of which is that the
criminal proceedings against them
shall be stopped upon tho payment of
a large sum of money by them.
BIG CIGAR FACTORY BURNS
Fire at Evansville, Ind., Destroys
Property Valued at More Than
$1,000,000.
Evansviile, Ind. Fire Tuesday de
stroyed the Fendrich cigar factory, the
largest independent factory in the
world, and several other business
buildings on Main and First streets.
The losses w ill run over one million
dollars, partly covered by insurance.
Thomas N. Beidelr.ian, a wealthy
real estate man and broker, after visit
ing the fire went to his office, a block
away, and fell dead from heart dis
ease, brought on by excitement. The
guests of the St. George hotel, a half
block away, escaped 1-. their night
clothes.
TORIES GAIN THREE SEATS
Unionists Fall Short of Their Claims
In First Day's Polling in
British Election.
London. The flrBt day's polling in
the British parliamentary elections
Saturday greatly disappointed the
Unionists. Returns from 64 constitu
encies show that they gained only
seven seats, while the Liberals gained
four. The Unionists had confidently
counted on making a net gain of 20
seats.
The feature of the results that gives
the Liberals most cause for rejoicing
is that instead of losing five seats in
London, as they had feared they
would do, they gained one.
Sonoma Girl Fetches $20,000.
Boston. Miss Lotta Crabtree, the
famous retired actress, Monday sold
tho noted brown trotting horse, Sono
ma Girl, 2:0l', to George G. Moore
of St. Claire, Mich. Tho sulo price
was close to $20,0'HJ.
Boston Club Is Sold.
Boston. The Burton National
league (lab, which 1ms been owned lu
Pittsburg, was Monday transferred to
James J. Plielun, u llohton banker,
who represents n syndicate of local
men.
THREE ROAJS AS INDICTED I
RAILWAYS AND fHIPPERS BREAK
ANTI-TRUST LAW.
Two Hit by Covernment Are Atlantic
Coast Lines and Seaboard
Air Line.
Savannah, Oa. Three large cor
poratlons and two individuals were
indicted by the federal grand Jury in
the United States district court here
Friday on a churgo of infringing th
anti-trust laws by giving and ac
cepting lebntes on grain shipments.
Tho Atlantic Coast line and the Sea
board line ralhv, were indicted
jointly with tbe Merchants' and
Miners' Transportation company for
specific violations of the Sherman
anti-trust and Flklns laws. h
Harvlo C. Miller and Morris F. Mil
ler, grain merchants and members of
L. F. Miller & Siiiia, Philadelphia,
were the individuals to feci the wrath
of the government. The Miller broth
ers put themselves In the jurisdiction
of tho United States court for the
southern district of Cicorgla through
their shipments into this district over
the lines of the three corporations In
dicted. In tie Indictments dates are given
when the individual defendants are
alleged to have made shipments over
the lines named at rates less than
those on t'lo with the 'nterstate com
merce commission.
It is alleged that from western
points to Philadelphia the Millers ob
tained export rates where the law de
manded domestic rates. This saved
them from one to three cents on every
100 pounds of grain shipped.
Morris F. Miller ond llarvle C. Mil
ler of Philadelphia were immediately
arrested and placed under bonds of
$25,000 each.
Immediately after the Indictments
were presented Judge Emory Speer
thanked the grand Jury for its prompt
and effective work end commented on
the example of patriotism it had set
through the service rendered.
The beginning of the investigation
against tho defendants arose from
complaints registered with the inter
state commerce commission during the
summer. It was said the Miller firm
had destroyed competition In grain
shipments over an enormous territory
embracing points along the Missis
sippi and Ohio rivers and in the South
Atlantic states. Proceedings were
held before Commissioner Clements in
Philadelphia during July. The revela
tions were oufficlont to start the pow
erful machinery of the government
against not only the Miller firm, but
also the intermediaries.
91,000,000 PEOPLE IN U. S,
Total Population Estimated on Basle
of Results of Count Already
Given Out.
Washington. Tho total population
of the United States, as revealed by
the thirteenth census, is expected to
be announced by tho census bureau
December 10.
Counting Arizona and New Mexico
as states, tho totals for 28 of the 48
states already have been announced.
Tho grand tctal for 26 of these states
is 00,o::i;,T.VJ, vhich is a gain of 21 to
22 per cent, over tho population In
the same st itrs In 1900. At this rate
of Increase the total population of the
country slnuld be about 91.000,000.
The most strifcins development of
tho census bureau so far shown is
the relnllvo growth of cities nnd in
dustrial centers compare 1 with farm
ing regions. The eastern states have
more than held tlieir own, while the
states of ti e middle west have faller
off.
COUNTY TREASURER IS SHORT
Hardy ti. WliHlcck of Danville, III.,
Turns Over All His Property
to Condsmen.
Danville. III. Hardy N. Whltlock.
county treasurer, was Monday de
clared short in Ills public accounts to
the umoiint of $:7.522 .04. The short
age became known when Treasurer
Whltlock. for n score of years hold
ing public office, was to havo turned
the treasurersdilp over to his succes
sor nnd retire to private life.
Business ventures and Investments
had not been ns successful as he had
anticipated. Calling his attorney and
bondsnu n together the treasurer sug
gested that liis private holdings be
taken over by the bondsmen and that
they stand such differences as might
be shown until ho could arrange to
wipe out the Indebtedness. This waa
arranged, leaving tho politician pen
niless ami homeless and still with a
shortage of i:b;ut $2,000.
Wilson Seeks Permit to Leave.
Washl en. -Harry Lane Wilson,
Unite d S'ati a ambassador at Mexico
City, Friday applied to the state de
partment lor leave of absence from
his post. Tl is Is Interpreted as In
dicative thi't conditions In Mexico are
approach!!:;; a normal state.
Twelvs Hurt In Wreck.
Hammond, lud. - In a head on colli
sion l:e'v.("i t'vo freight trains at
North 1 1 :i y 1 n. t''i miles soilh of Ham
mond on the In -!;;;n,i Harbor railroad,
Tues;la. t -I v . t riinmen were. In
jured. Th t :m!"'. ' in- practically de
molished. T:. : ' ny b.f.-.i will reach
$1&o,im;o.
Conr,rcsir. '' 3'vcp Dies.
Wushlhi:; ) J ' 'i A. Nv.ope, repre
sentative I'm: i !' ylvnnhi In the
Forty-eight I'. !:! I 'm i ninth con
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KEIflREMSiBEHT
SOME COUNTIE3 SHOWN TO BE
UNDULY FAVORED.
SMALL SENATORIAL DISTRICTS
Decided Growth In Population In
Western Counties Miscellaneous
Capital Matters.
Adams, Cas, Otoo and Saline
counties have the best of it, In the ap
portionment of state senators of Ne
braska, on the figures of population
recently made public by tho govern
ment. Adams has one senator for
20.900, Cuss has one senator for 21,
330, Otoe has one senator for 19,323.
and Saline has one senator for 17.800.
Since the apportionment was made
in 1887, Adams gained only approxi
mately 2,000 in population. Cass has
gained lesa than 2,'iuo, Otoe has lost
nearly 3,000, and Saline has lo.it
38C.
Douglas county has three senators,
ench representing approximately (!,
000 of population. Lancaster has two
senators, each representing less than
37.000 people.
The eighth district, comprising
five counties, has a senator for 40,()0ti,
and the new census shows a decrease
of population In this district of about
10,000. The Fourteenth district has a
senator for its seven counties, with a
population of 47,000. The Twenty
ninth district, comprising eight coun
ties, has a senator for over 02,000 of
population.
As was naturally to have been ex
pected the main growth of population
In the last ten years has beeti in the
western count lea of the state, and in
the cities of Omaha and Lincoln.
It would appear from the figures
given that a just and equitable re
apportionment as cnlled for by both
parties In their platforms, would
mean at least one Additional senator
for Douglas and several additional
senators for western Nebraska. This
would mean, evidently, that the very
small districts mentioned should be
switched into new combinations that
would cut down the preponderance of
power they now have. Otoe and Cass
together, and Adams and Saline,'
together, would liavo as near the av
erage population of the presrnt-senatorial
population of the present sen
atorial districts as could be handily
figured.
In the matter of representation in
the house, too, the western part of
the state is not adequately treated
under the present apportionment.
While some of the counties In the
eastern half of Nebraska have suf
fered a loss in population, It will be
noticed in tho tables that, with rare
exceptions, the western counties have
gained In substantial' measure.
Kearney Normal.
Tho report of President Thomas of
the Kearney normal and his recom
mendations were filed with the gov
ernor. He astks that $55,000 being ap
propriated by the last legislature has
not been Mifllclent to build tho bulld
Inc Of this $50,000 he reKrts that
$39,529.58 has been spent. The ap
propriation for salaries two years
ago was $S2,000. Ho calculates In
his report the expenditures of this na
ture for the rest of tho blennfuin.
Liable to Taxation.
Creameries are liable to taxation
for the niaiiul'acaire of adulterated
butter regardless of whether the
adulteration occurs by accident or de
sign, according to the findings of
Judge T. C. .Miinger in Unilod States
circuit court in directing a verdict
for the government in tho suit of the
West Point Creamery company.
Fees Collected by Secretary.
The semi-annual report of Secre
tary of State .lunkln shows the fol
lowing fee collected by his office
during the last six months: Articles
or ineoriioraUons. $9,040.05; notary
commislon, $389; motor vehicles,
$G,780.80; marks and brands, $201.15;
certificates and transcripts, $20ti.(i5;
trade marks, $10; conoratlon per
mits, $57,200.90; corporation penal
ties, $2,090; total, $77,244.55.
The Socialist Vote.
The total vote for Wright, social
ist candidate for governor in the last
election, was 0,279. Two years ago
Harbaugh received 3,oti9. The prohi
bition vote this year for Lltch, candi
date for lieutenant governor, was
4,032, against 4I04 cast for Teeters
two years ago.
Penitentiary Report.
The reort of the penitentiary for
the montn of November shows re
ceipts or $1,094.81. Of this sum
$527.31 was turned over to tins state
treasurer. Warden Smith sold $KS!t.55
worth of wheat that had been raised
Reduced Rates Granted,
Tho railway commission has grant
ed iM'rinUslon to the Nebraska Tele
phono company to reduce its rates at
Fairbtiry to agr e with the rates
charged, by the. loe.il company. It wn-i
brought out at lie- lieiniii'-' that the
independent coni'p'ii:y i!.:i:veil $1.25
for telephones wl.-re there Acre
mor tnaii ten ; :l)-; ril "rs and $1.50
wher there w Ics.h thai; ten. iliit
It uppears flu1 where live o more
persons were Mibscriberx with the ex
cept ion of Iiiiti asii.-i tin ir number
to ten, the ! r rale was r.lveno
.. i-HIFTO.
Changes Will Mak" Redisricting an ;
Is.ue. j
The Lincoln correspondent of the i
Omaha Herald says:
The rediitrictiu of the state with
reference to the representation of the
various parts of the state In the legis
lature becomes a live subject with
the publication of the census of 1910,
showing a imputation of 1,192,214 in
Nebraska.
Owing to the fact that population
In this state has moved to the west
and north, so far as the farming popu
lation is concerned, whilo the centers
of population In the east have drawn
from the Fiirrounding country much
of its population, the shifting of pow
er promises to be quite considerable.
The west has been building up for
twenty years, has been taking what
l could get from the legislature. The
redisricting will correct these de
fects nnd will reduce the counties
that have had too many representa
tives to their proper basis.
" The Sixth congressional district,
the counties in which now have fif
teen members in the house, are en
titled to nt least twenty-one, on a
basis of one representative for each
11.922 people.
In the Third congressional district,
from which sixteen representatives
are now sent, nt least twenty and pos
sibly twenty-one could be sent here
after. Tho Fifth district Is practically sta
tionary, the Second district gains at
least five members.
The gains of the Sixth, Third and
Second districts must come out of the
First, and Fourth districts.
The basis of representation In the
senate is more striking than in the
lower house, as shown by the returns
from the 1910 census. The proper
basis or redisricting for senate will
be that of one senator for every 3fi,
128 of population. This will retain
the same number of members thirty
three, that there are now in the sen
ate. The western and northern parts of
the state have shown great gains.
These are the only parts of the state
that will gain with the possible ex.
ceptlon of Douglas county, which will
probably gain one member in the sen
ate and possibly two.
The disproportion that time has
wrought in the representation of the
senate is shown graphically in the
population of the Twenty-second and
the Thirtieth senatorial districts. The
former, composed of Saline county
nlone, has 17,806 people, while the
Thirtieth district. coinprPfirf ; fittePff
counties, in the extreme western end
of the state, has a population of 67,
049. Although having four times as
many people as Saline county, the
Thirtieth district has only one sen
ator.
Inspection of the Guard.
Major Phelp3 of the adjutant gen
eral's ofllco has completed his report
on the Inspection of the Second regi
ment of the Nebraska Natlonnl Guard.
Of 701 enlisted men and officers, 539
appeared at Inspection. This is re
garded ns an exception tional show
ing. Company O of Omaha made the
best showing, having but two absen
tees at Inspection out of a total of
fifty-six men. The two were out of
the state at the time of inspection, In
spection reports on the First regi
ment have not been finished.
Infantile Paralysis.
The report of the state orthoepedlc
hospital dlrctors, now in prepara
tion, will recommend that the gover
nor ask tho legislature to appropriate
money for tho investigation and ex
termination of Infantile paralysis.
Wet Vs. Dry.
Spuerlntendcnt roulsen of the Anti
Rfloon league Is sending out letters tc
members of the legislature, both dem
ocrat and republican, In an attempt
to get them to refuse to go into party
caucuses and to organize aa a dry
force opposed to tho wet forces.
State Contract Awarded.
The board of public lands and build
Ini-'s lias awarded the contract for con
necting new boilers and new build
ings at the Beutrlco Institute for fee
ble minded to Mr. Pomerene of Lin
coln, the price being $2,920.
Inspect New Building.
Secretary of State Junkln and State
Treasurer Brian went to Hastings to
inspect a new $50,000 building which
the state of Nebraska has paid for.
State Printing.
Bids for the printing of bouse and
senate bills -during the next t-8sion of
the legislature were opened and the
bid of the State Journal company
proved to be the lowest. For the
printing of 500 copies of each bill the
State Journal company bid $1.72 per
page; North & Co., $1.90; Woodruff,
$1.75. On 300 bill titles tho State Jour
nal was lowest at 35 cents. North &
Co. 50 cents; Woodruff 3.7 cents. Be
foVe the board of public lands and
buildings the Staie Journal was low
est on a small amount of supplies
that Is to be purchased before the leg
islature convenes.
Statue for Gen Thayer.
William T. itigliy, chairman of the
Vlcksburg national military park
committee of the war department,
has written to (ijvernor Shalleuber
ger urging lilm to use his Influence
with the next legislature to obtain an
ap ropi i:ition lor the erection of a
portrait statute of Ceiier.il John
M Tliiiyer on the l-aitleiieM of Vieks-In-rg.
Tho ehaii :u:i!i writes that since
the close el' the last iisral year, June
ii'i, r.tlo that iuiir mMitional portrait
linsts and ten ::! i:! '. m: l lelief tablet
l ave been Di o j.d lor.
l-c.
STOPPING UP THE LEAK
MAN TRIES PLUMBER'S TRICK
AND COMES TO GRIEF.
Painful Experience Results From
Man's Dealre to ' Putter" Around
the House During Hla Wife's
Temporary Absence.
Election day brought to a prominent
Brooklynite the remembrance of the
way ho spent thut day a year ago. He
had noticed a slight discoloration on
the celling of his library, which waa
directly under bis bedroom. With a
man's desire to "putter" around the
house, he decided to use the holiday
to Investigate and see if there was not
a leak in the water pipes on tho floor
above, one rearon for this determina
tion being that his wife was away and
would not return home until arter
luncheon.
When he had finished his morning
paper and cigar, he took up a corne
of hie bedroom carpet, and turning It
back, removed a couple of the floor
boards and, sure enough, found an in
significant leak in a water pipe that
ran between floors. He had seen
plumbers stop little leaks of that sort
by hammering down the pipe where
the water seeped through, and decid
ed to try the same trick himself. He
took the heaviest hammer he had tt
the house and struck the pipe several
brave, resounding blows.
The result was startling. Instead
of one trifling leak he had enlarged
that to sizable dimensions, and the
rotten pipe giving way had also start
ed another leak, from which a vigor
ous stream of water spurted Into his
face, knocking off hia eyeglasses and
trickling merrily over his shirt front
The principles of first aid to tbe In
jured flashed into his mind and, lying
flat on the floor, he put a thumb of
each hand over each leak and called
lustily for help. He was Anally heard
In the regions below, and when the
servant girl appeared he besought her
to put on her hat and run tor a,
plumber.
It took Drldget some time to realize
that her master had not gone entirely
daft, still more time to array herself
In her outer garments, and anyoae
who has tried to And a plumber on a
holiday may imagine how long It waa
before she corraied one and brought
him home with her.
At any rate, when the Brooklyn
mans' wife returned repeated ringings
V at. the doorbell only resulted In her
hearing confused and Indistinct bel
lowings from within which she could
not understand. With the aid of aa
obliging butcher boy she Anally
sprung tbe catch on a basement win
dow. On ascending to the upper
story she found her spouse flat on his
face, hanging on to that water pipe
with both bands and using language
more picturesque than she had ever
heard him employ before. By the time
she had decided she bad not broken
Into an insane asylum by mistake.
Bridget arrived with a reluctant and
diffident plumber, and the Brooklynite
waa released from his predicament
He goes out of town on holidays now,
and ho still glances at innocent ap
pearing pipes with shudders of appre
hension. How We All Take It
Miss Elizabeth Marbury, the weft
known dramatic agent of New York,
told, at a tea at the Colony club, i
story both amusing and true.
"To grow old properly," she said,
is to grow old keeping the mind and
the heart young. Few accomplish this
feat, but all think they do so. This
misconception prevents old age from
being tragic.
"You all know Helen Dash. She Is
a great-grandmother now, but she waa
once a famous actress. She clung to
the stage to the very last; she saw.
year by year, her applause lessen, her
salary decrease, and her press notices
shorten. Yet, do you think that Hebjn
Dash was unhappy? Not at all!
"Not at all. When, one night In
her sixty-eighth year, Helen, in a nw
role, got Instead of tumultuous ap
plause, cold silence and even a fw
venomous hisses, she took the contre
temps calmly, and on the way horns
she said to her maid, a worn old wom
an like herself:
" 'I think I'll retire. Acting is thank
less work nowadays. The public baa
aged so.' "
Happy Future In Stora for Him. ' "
Here is a sensible man's vlewa ol
the sort of woman he would like to
marry: "I'm afraid I don't care for
the one-sided woman. My wife la cer
tainly not going to be too strong
minded, and you can bet a large sum
she is not going to be a bit masculine,
but she's going to have plenty of In
terests and avoid a rut as she would
the smallpox. The little woman
whose only thought is husband and.
babies and how the dinner turns out
may be all very nice in a short story,
but I'd rather come home to And out,
that my wife had been to a club or
to a suffrage meeting or an aeronaut
meet than to discover after 20 years1
of marriage that she had fallen 100
miles behind my mental and spiritual
development. When I marry it shall
be for a companion, not for a house-'
iiold ornament or a family drudge." '
Among Highwaymen,
"What did that hhady financier do
when you stopped him and auld, 'Your
money or your life?" "
lie told me that if I didn't give him
n half Interest in my little enterprise
he'd organize a competing enterprise
and drive me out of business,"
