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THE OMATTA PATXT TlEEs PATTJTVDAY, MAY 2, 1003.
BURST OF YERKES' BUBBLE
MiNioni MaxJa Out of Cbioago fltrwt B&il
wayi by a Smooth Promoter.
WILY WAY OF A MAN WITHOUT CAPITAL
Vast Pablla Properties Maalpalated
for Doabla ProSt Thea
t'aloaded-vBayers Mast
Pay the Cant.
When Charles T. Yerkea came to Chicago
from Philadelphia In 1888. relate! the Chi
cago Tribune, be found the old North Chi
cago City railway running borae eara on
Clark atreet, Clybourn avenue, Wella
atreet, North avenue and a few other
atreet. It was about thla time that the
llmlta of the North Chicago City railway
were at Fullerton avenue. In the winter
the cara were atufled with atraw in lieu
of other kind of artificial beat.
It waa all primeval. Including the capital
atock of the company, which then amounted
to $500,000. The bond Isaue outstanding waa
500,000, or a total of $1,000,000.
Yerkea, having begun bla atreet railroad
career aa cashier, car decorator and general
superintendent, saw the possibilities of the
North Chicago City railroad. He saw how
expensively It aa being operated, and
when he learned from the books how much
it cost tho company to run ona car one
mile he said:
"I will take your road."
It Icoked ao well to Mr. Yerkea that ha
offered for a controlling Interest, that la.
$250,000 worth of etack, $600 per share. His
offer waa accepted. In addition, he agreed
to pay 30 per cent dlvldenda per annum, and
closed up a contract to run 999 years.
No Moaey, bat Gealai,
Mr. Yerket had do money with which to
buy this property, but he had Ingenuity
auch aa had not previously been practiced
In Chicago. He at once apread a mortgage
of $1,600,000 over the stock he had agreed
to buy, and then the modest capital of
$500,000 was Increased to $5,000,000. By his
aystem of financiering he mortgaged the
property to pay for it, and acquired some
thing for nothing. Tho old Indebtedness
against the property thus Increased at once
$1,600,000.
Thereafter more securltlea were Issued,
Clybourn avenue, Clark atreet and Lincoln
venue were cabled, and when Mr. Yerkea
finally dlapoaed of the property It waa cap- 1
ItalUed for $7,960,000 of stock and $7,431,000
of bonds, or a total of $16,350,000.
Tho North Chicago City Railway company
waa purchased by the North Chicago Street
Railroad company, organised In May, 1886,
to bring about, the results Indicated. The
new capital of $5,000,000 atock and $1,600,000
bonds took the form of obligations of the
North Chicago Street Railroad company,
although that concern owned nothing ex
cept the 25.001' shares of the capital of the
North Chicago City Railway, which were
purchased by mortgaging them.
lavadea tho West Bide.
The purchase of the north aide horse car
lines proved auch a lucrative and promis
ing venture that in the next year, or 1887,
Mr. Yerkea, with whom. It may be added,
were associated P. A. B. Wldener and W.
L. Elklna of Philadelphia, turned bla at
tention toward the west aide lines, then
operated under the came of the Chicago
West Division street railroad company.
So far aa equipment waa concerned and
economy of management both aystema wera
on par. There was aa much to be gained
by clever management of the Chicago West
Division lines as thosa of the north aide.
Tho capital atock and bond Issue wera a
little larger, and this necessitated a mora
pretentious financial plan. But the earn
methods wera pursued.
Tho West Chicago Street railroad com
pany waa organised in July, 1887, with a
capital of $10,000,000. It had no assets, but
Mr. Yerkes agreed to buy a majority of tho
capital atock of the Chicago West Division
railroad company, paying therefor $815 per
ahare. He secured 6,251 shares out of a
total of 12,600 sharea, giving him a majority
of one share. Expressed In dollars tho out
standing capital was $1,250,000. But the
Chicago West Division shareholders had
aeen the north aide company receiving $30
share rental, and they asked a little bet
ter, and Mr. Yerkea agreed to pay $36 'a
year.
Schema Is Repeated.
To pay for this atock the north aide oper
ation was repeated, and mortgage of
$4,100,000 was apread over the 6,261 aharea
of stock, and tho proceeds of the sale of the
bonds was used to make part payment on the
purchase. The $10,000,000 capital of the
Weat Chicago Street tallroad company
went to the United States Construction
company for building the West Madison
atreet and Blue Island avenue cables.
This United States Construction company
waa a wheel wit bin a wheel, being one of
Mr. Yerkes' beat devices for securing two
profits where two profits were to be had.
The Chicago West Division company had
prior to its sale acquired control of the
Chicago Passenger railway. Thia company
operated on Harrison and some other streets.
The capital stock and the bonds of that
company were $1,740,000. The capital atock
of the West Division company Itself waa
$1,250,000 and Ita iond Isaue e,0,000,
making the total capitalisation of the
two lines $7,130,000.
Through the operation of the West Chi
cago Street Railroad company the property
waa at once covered with an additional
$4,100,000 of bondo and $10,000,000 of atock,
an Increase of $14,100,000.
Boeoaaos Taaael Balldor.
In the four or five yeara succeeding 1887
Mr. Yerkea waa busy developing the North
and West Chicago systems, and incidentally
found It necessary to organise the Weat
Chicago Street Railroad Tunnel company,
which built the tunnel under the river at
Vn Buren atreet.
There waa an issue of bonds of $1,600,000
and a capital atock, Issue of $1,500,000.
What the tunnel cost Is not disclosed in
the recorda.
Another enterpriae In connection with
building up the West Chicago atreet rail
road aystem waa the necessity for power
h oases and real estate in connection there
with. In order to make the deal with the
atreet railroad company mora easily et
fected the Insiders looked up a suitable
aite, purchased the real estate and then
aold t to the atreet railroad company, the
profit on the tranaactloa not being dis
closed by the records.
But for all these devious waya of making
Individual profits the atreet railway aystems
of tho north and west divisions of Chicago
were revolutionised, and Mr. Yerkea was
always accustomed to consider that the
person or persons who could figure out auch
enterprlaea were entitled to profits on their
brain power.
Trolley Maes as Feeders.
la Ihe early '0a Mr. Yerkea began to per
ceive another field of profitable atreet rail
read speculation. Electricity waa Just
coming into use, and he aaw the poaaiblll
ties of building electrle lines In outlying
territory aa teedera to the trunk lines.
He was slow about adopting electrical
devlcea. preferring to wait until their effl
ctency had been established and they were
beyond the experimental atage. When he
felt satisfied the practical atage had been
reached he began constructing a aystem of
outlying lines which resulted sveatually In
their sale to the Chicago Union Traction
company for $"5,700,000, represented in
bonds.
The electrlo line feeder system waa built
up on a plan Intended to bo remunerative
and earn a profit for brain power. Secur
ing a right of way and determining the
necessary expenditures a bond Issue cov
ering the cost of construction and equip
ment would bo authorised and Issued by a
company formed to build the line.
How tho Boada Wera Sold.
But tho bonds would not bo attractive
standing on their own merits. Therefore,
to mako them salable either the North
Chicago Street railroad company or the
West Chicago street railroad company would
guarantee them. With the guarantee of tho
old companlea tho bonds wera readily sal
able above par and thla paid for the con
struction of the road.
In connection with the bonds stock was
always Issued, and thla atock went to Mr,
Yerket and those associated with htm.
The argument for the guarantee was that
these electric lines turned over valuable
traffic to the trunk lines and limited the
haul of the latter. - Inatead of tho North
Chicago Street railroad company having
to extend Its lines from Dlersey atreet to
Evanston, the Chicago North Shore Electric
could take passenger from Dlversey atreet
at an additional faro of 5 centa and carry
them to Evanston; vie versa th traffic
south was received at Dlversey atreet
and the old company secured an additional
nickel.
By tho foregotng general theory Mr.
Yerkea by 1899 had constructed 206.71 miles
of single track alectrlo lines. They bad
a total capital atock of $12,600,000, the
atock being Issued to Mr. Yerket and those
associated with him. The total bonds out
standing amounted to $5,636,000, represent
ing the cost of tb properties. Tho stock
was watered, or a so-called bonus.
Profit la Tbeaa Ll.acs.
These little lines, - which proved to
profitable to their creator, were aa follows:
Btock Bondv. Miles.
Chi. Eler. Tranalt..$ 1.60.00 $1,08., 000 .u6
Chi. & Jeft'on Urban 2.000,C0 liOH.UOO 9.18
Cicero & Proviso.. 2.5Vi,oiO 1,078 000 17.87
Kvanston Electrle.. l.OW.000 30,ouo 6.00
N. Chicago Electrlo J.dOWMM sSs.ooo .9
N. Side Electric... l.&O.OUU lftS.OOO 6.70
Ogden Ave. Rallr'd 2,000,000 760,000 40.00
Totala $12,600,000 $4,286,000 205.71
The lines were built on tho north and
west sides. Where one of them gave pas
sengers to both ayatems, each ayttem
guaranteed a part of th bonds. When the
building of the lines bad been completed,
tbey practically hedged about the two old
aystemt. Some of them were unprofitable,
while others paid dlvldenda.
To put the good and bad together Into a
harmonious whole, Mr. Yerkes conceived
th plan of uniting them under tho name
of tho Chicago Consolidated Traction com
pany. Thereupon he exchanged the atock
of the seven companlea for stock. In the
Chicago Consolidated Traction company.
in mis operation the total old capital of
$12,500,000 waa Increased to $16,000,000. The
Consolidated company waa organized Feb
ruary 11, 1899.
Yerkea Starts "Cleaning Up."
Meanwhile Mr. Yerkes had begun nego
tiations for the sal of hla atock tn th
North and West Chicago Street Railroad
companlea to Interests which organized on
May 24. 1899. the Chicago Union Traction
company. Mr. Yerkea had been unsuc
cessful in securing an extension of fran
chises. The date of expiration. 1903. for
the old franchises, waa drawing near and
tho altuation becoming unsatisfactory to
the holdera of the securities of the North
and West Chicago Street Railroad companlea.
What to do waa a 'question which aomo
Chicago capitalists, Including Mr. Yerkes
himself, and som New York and Phila
delphia capttaltsta aet about figuring out.
Thoa were days when the atock markets
boomed and water waa purchased at freely
aa bonds. It seemed opportune to clear
up the altuation and make money besldea.
So Mr. Yerkea helped hla friends organize
the Chicago Union Traction company. They
fixed Ita capital at $13,000,000 preferred 6
rer cent cumulative ainrlr mnA I9n emu nnn
comnfon atock. Then leases were executed
by which the North and West Chicago
Street Railroad companlea and their un
derlying properties wera turned over to the
Chicago Union Traction oompany, which
guaranteed dividends of per cent per
annum on the capital of tho Weat Chicago
Street Railroad company $13.189.000 and
12 per cent dividends on the capital of th
North Chicago Street Railroad company
$7,920,000.
Unloads aa His Friends.
Mr. Yerkes sold to tho Union Traction
company 20,000 shares of North Chicago
stock and $2,000 tharea of Weat Chicago
atock. The purchase price waa eomethlna-
lesa, than $10,000,000. Thla money waa
ralaed through tho sale of the $12,000,000 of
Union Traction preferred atock at par, with
which was given $6,000,000 of common
atock aa a bonus.
Mr. Yerkea hlmseU subscribed liberally
and helped the oaus along. Everybody
seemed to think It was a good thing, and
ona of the featurea waa that of the $20.-
000,000 of common stock $14,000,000 waa ab
solutely divided among the promoters of
the company, and subsequently a good part
of It waa aold to the publlo vat prices vary
ing from 294 .to 39.
To ahow how good Mr. Yerkea thought
thia common atock to be, be atlpulated that
If the earnings of th company for th first
year were in excess of t per cent he waa
to bo paid a bonus. That made It appear
that the oompany waa aura to earn 3 per
rent on th common aharea, and that Is
what most of the unfortunate purchasers
of tb stock believed.
They alao thought that la, thoa ac
quainted with th deal that Mr. Yerkea
would get a bonus. Unhappily, th I per
cent waa not earned. In fact, th earnings
of tho first year over the I per eent divi
dends on tbs preferred were $4,076, or 2
per cent on th common shares. So Mr.
Yerkes did not get th bonus. That was
ths result of th first year's operation.
Owners Left In Larch.
For the year ending June $0, 1901, being
the second year's operations, the company
began going to ths bad. It waa unable to
earn vea Ita preferred dividend, and after
paying that of the first quarter, $160,000,
auspended payments, and has made none
since. Instead of making distributions, it
haa been forced to borrow money, and ita
floating Indebtednesa, according to th
court recorda, la $1,400,000.
Shortly after Mr. Yerkes sold out his
stock to the Union Traction company he
begaa figuring alao oa selling ths Chicago
Consolidated traction to the aams concern.
They found the Consolidated line Inter
woven with their owa property la auch a
way that soma agreement with tha owner of
these Unas had to b reached. This started
a long series of negotiations.
It took longer to sell tho Consolidated
Traction tha It did to dispose of bla In
terest la tha two old companies. It waa
not until 1900 that aa operating agreenuoot
waa executed between the Chicago Union
Traction company and th Consolidated
Traction company. Consolidated Traction
atock had been aelltng around 70 on th fear
that It would be taken over at a high price.
But when term finally were reached the
Consolidated was acquired for $4,700,000. a
4tt per cent bonds, spread over tha Con
solidated property Itself. Mr. Ysrkes got
moat of these bonds, sine ho owned nearly
all of th consolidated atock.
With th disposition of this company and
tha subsequent sal of th Union Elevated
and Northwestern Elevated stocks, Yerkes
turned his face toward London, leaving be
hind a bankrupt Chicago Union Traction
oompany aa a monument t hla aystem of
barter and aal & tagaalou tnanclsrlag.
A Pair of Pairs
Short Story by Mary 43. Manahsn.
(Copyright. 1901, by The Blackboard Co.)
When MIsa May graduated from the
Normal college In June, ah waa filled with
tho greatest enthusiasm for th profession
and aha waa determined to follow her
chosen calling for the "elevation of th
masses" and not for a sordid salary.
Graduation at Harmanna Bleecker hall,
aa aha looked back upon It, seemed a dream
of soft applauas and white-robed figures
with th delicious evasive perfum of lovely
June roses and th soft strains of Gros
claa' orchestra. It had aeemed then as If
the diploma in her hand waa -a maglo
scroll, which would reveal th great beau
tiful future, stretching away beyond tb
horizon of imagination. .
With th courage of youthful Ignoranc
of th world th had declared her willing
nets to go a thousand miles from homo aa
readily aa she would ten, to she accepted
the Brat position offered, and when Septem
ber came, ahe Journeyed toward tho aettlng
tun, oven more than a thousand miles.
To one accustomed to tho restrictions of
college life and the restralnta of an east
ern horn, ths sense of freedom In being
one's own mistress was quit Intoxicating.
At 20 on la apt to have a general faith
In human nature and as a bright and trust
ing face may be relied on to win Ita own
way, tho NormaJlte found herself warmly
welcomed by the dweller in thla, to her,
a strange land.
Tha opening day of school Is usually a
trial, especially to a young teacher,, and
thla proved no exception.
On th preceding Saturday tha had vis
ited ths school house and th waa sur
prised and pleased to find It well supplied
with maps and charts and with text books,
mostly late editiona by approved authora.
The school house had been built to ac
commodate a much larger number of pupils
than waa enrolled in the school. One fea
ture atruck her as peculiar a long hall
ran th entire length of the building, with
a door at either end, thua furnishing a
front and a back entrance. She learned
that there waa an unwritten law that the
pupils should come In by the back door and
go out by the front one, but ahe could not
decide whether thla ttato of affairs arose
from tha fact that th rear entrance was
nearer the play ground, where the pupils
alwaya congregated before th bell aum
moned them Inside, or that there was in
thla mode of procedure an occult meaning
symbolto of the mental advancement during
the day, from th level represented by the
back door to th higher plan typified by
that In front.
Miss May knew the value of a first im
pression and determined that, nn her part,
at least, it should be a good one, and ahe
proceeded to carry out her Idea both In
letter and In spirit. When the eventful
Monday morning came th arrayed herself
in her prettiest gown, and did not make the
mistake of going before her pupils unpre
pared. She had fortified herself with the
normal aystem of registration and In her
"note-book" had a page headed, "First Day
In School." She. had planned to bo there
early In order to observe the pupils aa they
camo in. She would greet them with .a
pleasant "good morning" and a amtla sym
pathetic enough to set them at ease, yet
tempered with a sufficient degree Of reserve
to awe without Intimidating them.
In order that topic of interest, on which
to base conversation, might not be lacking,
she had observed the local geography and
Inquired into the traditions of the place.
She wat prepared to discuss with them any
subject from the Great Canon to the cessa
tion of natural gaa In the neighboring
wells, which had in three yeara caused the
population to lessen by twice aa many thou
sand. ,
But alaa, the futility of human plant!
To begin with, the waa a little later than
waa expedient. The play-ground waa
thronged with children wno aurveyed her
critically aa ahe approached. Whan th
bell aummoned them inside, they entered In
a body and noisily seated themselves with
a great deal of loud talking and frequent
changes aa more desirable openlnga oc
curred. It waa plainly evident that ah must
let her cherished plana fall to th
ground and aummon all her wits
to meet the emergency. There
waa no chancs for character study or In
dividual observation. She was confronted
with rampant dleorder.
In all that kaleidoscope crowd on form
was distinct from tbs first that of a boy
about 15, In a navy blue ault, russet thoet
and a acarlet tie, polka-dotted with black,
hla latter, aha observed In the singular
fashion one haa ot fixing one'a attention
on details at tlmea of great mental strain,
waa of the tame hue as her collar, a pecu
liarity which must have atruck him alto,
tor he remarked audibly:
"Cbolera'a ragln' In Colorado," with a
most suggestive quirk of hla thumb toward
hit cara, which aet all In the room laughing.
"Say, boys! She's a bird a bird with red
wings!" he exclaimed. "I wonder what her
name 1st"
Now, one of ths lawa of discipline moat
atrlctly laid down by the "critics" was
this: "Never punish a child on the baala
of a personal affront," ao Mist May thought
It wise to overlook thia aince the attention
of all waa directed toward him.
In registering the pupils and properly
grading them the morning quickly paased
until recess time. She had learned In tha
meantime that Larry Pair wat tha name of
"her bright particular atar among th rest."
From tha window th observed their sport
and noted that Larry was "the" boy on th
ground. Wherever h waa there aeemed to
b tb moat fun, and tho girl accepted hla
teasing In a manner, halt-protesting, half-
pleased. He aeemed a leader even to thoa
older and ah divined that her discipline
would bo largely the outcome of her suo
cest or failure with him. So ahe determined
to bend all her energlea In hla direction.
When th bell called them in, led by
LarTy, they started in whooping Ilk yonng
Indiana. Sine "two bodies can not occupy
ths same space at tb earns time," how
much leaa can nine or a doten children
enter at one a door designed for lest than
one-third th number? It happened that
In thla mad stampede little Nellie Ames
was thrown down and quit severely bruised
about tha head and face.
Her acreama sobered tha noisy crowd and
tbey took seats In a subdued manner.
Nellie declared that aoma one bad tripped
her up. Miss May questioned her but could
not learn who waa In fault. Then aha
went around tha room questioning each
pupil, and, of course, meeting with a denial
from all. She repeated her queatioa when
ah cam to Larry Pair, but be waa firm,
and yet, although he answered boldly, aha
could not aucceed in forcing him to meet
her eye.
Unable to discover the guilty one, Miss
May promptly announced this nils:
"Hereafter the boys will enter and leave
by the front door, while the back door la
for th girls exclusively."
No aooner had ah Issued this edict than
ahe foresaw that complications might arise,
but aha had said it and feared to retract
or even to qualify her statement.
The announcement was received with a
mummur of disapproval.
"Other teachers alwaya had us come in
th back door and go out th front,"
growled Larry.
"Never mind what other teachera have
don, I told you what I wished you to do,"
aald MUs May with great emphaala.
At Boon, from fore ot habit, a number ot
girl started to leave the building la th
usual way. "Girls, what did 1 tell you
after feces?"
"Ask her If ahe can't remember!" called
Larry aa he ran out.
Thla waa hla parting shot. Mist May
felt really hurt and went horn with th
discouraged feeling ot having somehow
failed to meat her end. But ot on thing
th waa convinced Larry waa purposely
Impudent, Intentionally rude and should be
severely dealt with.
After roll call in th afternoon th wat
seated at th desk copying namea Into the
register, when aba heard "Th Sidewalks of
New York" whistled In a blrd-Uk voice
outside, A flood of memories was awakened
by that one popular air memortea of her
far away New York home. Tears of home
aicknesa rushed to th teacher a eyes.
She rot and went to th window Just
In time to tee a figure clad In navy blue
entering by the back door. H cam In,
looked about him with a timid, allghtly be
wildered air and dropped Into the flrat
vacant seat. She watched him narrowly.
Thar waa eomttblng about th
bay thla afternoon totally different
from tb morning a something In
tangible, yet strong enough to
make her feel uneasy about addressing him,
but ah realised that whatever wat to b
don mutt be done now or the would never
gain an influence over th school.
"Larry," ah aald, "com here."
At the aound ot her role th boy
started, half rot, wavered a moment, then
tat down again.
"Come here," ahe repeated.
Th boy rot slowly, cam forward and
tood before her, hla ateady glance meet
ing her's with an earnestness that waa
almost pathetic Bh felt all her anger
for the mornlng'a offenses melt quit away,
but he had Just violated the rule ao em
phatically laid down. So ah ateeled her
self. .
'"Larry," the commenced, and again that
peculiar expression crossed th boy' face,
"what did you mean by coming In through
the back door?"
The boy looked at her with a puzzled ex
pression aa he replied: "I meant to get
Inside."
A auppreated .titter ran around tha room.
Th boy'a Innocent eyea looked straight
Into bars.
Evidently this new phase of character
was a bit of clever sctlng.
Now, Miss May had atudled psychology
and had considered Its application, hut ah
had never beard ot n similar Instance.
"Do you not know that you have no right
to enter by the back door?"
"No, ma'am, 1 don't know It," wat th
prompt reply.
The laughter of the other puplla waa
no longer suppressed and the teacber't face
hardened.
"What reason have you for earing you
do not know It?"
"I never heard It before."
"Larry, you are telling m a positive
falsehood."
The blood aurged to th lad' cheeka.
"I am not," he proudly retorted, "I
never"
"Stop!" ah cried. "Not another word!
Do not dare to apeak again. I never have
met with such rudeness." ,
Hit lips parted as If he were about to
speak.
"Not one word until 1 glv you permis
sion. Had you forgotten and acknowl
edged your fault I might have, excused
you; but to your disobedience you have
added a lie."
The boy atruggled to keep back the tears
of wounded pride and mortification; hla
fingers worked nervously at his scarf pin,
a little brownie pin, a blue and gold po
liceman. Hla tie waa cross-tarred with
black Instead of being polka-dotted like
the ona he wore In the morning. Miss May
wondered If the delay In 'changing neck
ties had caused his tardiness, and then
the wondered at herself for thinking of It
at a time when the wearer deserved all
her attention.
"Are you ready to acknowledge -ou
did hear the rule?"
Ha could not speak for sobblni .
"Answer me, Larry." And then In the
hush of the schoolroom, whose silence was
broken only by the sobs of the boy, th
little timid voice ot Nellie Ames faltered
out: "Please teacher, It ain't Larry. It's
his brother.".
Mist May atarted and drew her hand
across her eyes at if to aid her vision. She
felt dazed:
"Hit brother?" the gatped.
"Yee'm. Hla twin brother."
"I do not understand." Then turning to
him she asked:
"Boy, am I speaking to you now or to
your twin brother?"
The chang was to abrupt from pathos
to bathoa that tha tension relaxed. The
atmosphere was full ot laughter Juat a
prevtout to a rain th air la saturated with
moisture. A. smile twitched th corner
of th pupils' Hps; first a ripple, then a
roar, which increased in volume, died
away, rose again and only aank Into al
ienee after fully five minutes.
Through It all Miss May wat thinking
very hard, and ahe earn to the conclusion
that applied psychology Is at beat but com
mon tense.
Scarcely had th echo of th laughter
died away, when tha door opened and a
ehort, pompous-looking gentleman with a
ahlny silk hat and a shiny red nose, en
tered, accompanied by the counterpart of
the boy in front of her.
"How de dol How da do!" th man
exclaimed, advancing and taking her hand
before ah realised what had happened.
She stammered forth som response, but
he did not wait for a reply:
"Bo you'r th new teacher! Glad
to meet you! I'm Colonel Pair.
What's thla? Harry in teara? O, I tee.
been mistaken for Larry again. Sad con
sequence of looking so much alike. Ha!
ha!"
"I didn't know" began Mitt May with
flaming checka.
"Tut! tut! Of courts you didn't know.
How could you? Don't know hair the time
myself. Housekeeper only tells 'em apart
by their necktlea. Bad thing for both of
'em, their being ao much alike. Each one
a little worse than the other. Ha! ha!
Worst pair in town they aay at the club.
I aay 'which Pair do you mean?' Ha! Ha!
Ha!"
During this monologue Miss May noticed
thaf Larry, the real Larry, waa almost
bursting with suppressed enjoyment of his
brother's sorry plight, while Harry'a sul
len face showed that, though others might
laugh, hs saw no tun in It.
But the loquacloua Colonel waived ex
planation and went on "You see Its this
way ths boya never could agree, so I hit
on this plan I alwaya waa great at or
iginal Ideas, you know, Larry, bar, never
gave a continental, or as I believe yon
Easterners aay, 'a farm out West,' tor
language or grammar or geography, or any
ot them subjects that com tn tb after
noon. Didn't cara how many cltlea la th
Sahara desert If he only knew how many
mile to th next town where there'd be
a elrcua, ao I decided to let hint com In
th mornings, and Harry there, he'd read.
read, all th time and never wanted to
bother tls brain with thla rlcky-tlck-tack-an
a tlck-tack-too called arlthmetlo
ticky-ttck-tack. ao I arranged for him to
come la th afternoons.
"The last teacher tald that my plan would
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lead to a one-tided development' In both ot
em, but after ha had them together for a
week he agreed with me that there waa no
auch thing aa 'harmonious growth' between
them. Ha! ha! ha! I believe in letting
children follow their natural bent."
Miss May made a futile effort to inter
pose a remark here, but the Colonel went
on regardless
'But today, after dinner, Larry aald 'Pop,
I guesa I'll go to school this afternoon.'
You can better imagine I thought the boy
had gone off bit hookt. Never heard of
such a thing before, you know. So I ear,
'What'a up, Larry, my boy?' "
" 'Pop,' taya he, ' 'our new teacher la
'right there, all right.' She gave an Illus
trated lesson on Colorado. I wish you could
have aeen It."
" 'I'm with you, Larry, my boy,' Bays t;
'We'll visit th school thia afternoon.'
And so here I am."
The result waa tha Mis May accepted
both boy at regular puplla, and during
the ensuing weekt the had the odd sen
sation of being watched by two pairs ot
keen young eyes and weighed In tho
balance.
She bent her energlea to reconciling those
two conflicting natures, at one ao strangely
Ilka and yet unlike, and that ahe tuoceeded
waa evidenced by the fact that "The Pair
of Pairs" and their parent were the flrat
to sign a petition asking that she be
retained another term.
What Follow l.rtsT
Pneumonia often, but never when ' Dr.
King'a New Discovery for Consumption is
used. It cures colds anl grips. 50c, II
For sale by Kubn Co.
SCIENCE AND INVENTION ;
The average age at death lias Increased
from 18 yeara In th sixteenth century to
3BH yeara in tha present ona.
Th sixty-horse power traction engines
used on western ranches will pull simul
taneously seventeen fourteen-lnch plows
plowing twenty feet wide. The outfit will
pldw from forty to sixty acrea per day, or
will plow, drill and harrow all at one time,
with properly arranged tools, from thirty
five to fifty acrea per day.
Th trolley car is not drawn or pushed
by the electric current at all, but Is lifted
again and again by the attraction ot mag
nets for the armature col It of tha motor.
A young Greek girl of Mltyleno haa dis
covered a method by which the punctured
silk worm cocoons are made into beautiful
artificial flowers of natural colors and
forma.
A lot of typewritten matter wat stored
In a allghtly damp vault for six months.
On removal the paper and gall ink signa
tures were tn best of condition, but til
trace of typewriting had disappeared.
It la proposed in France to establish sub
terranean observatoriea by drilling miles
Into the earth with oil well machinery. In
these the strata, temperature and gasset
at various depths would be studied.
There was a nearly even number of elec
trical and gasoline motors -In the National
German Automobile exposition Just closed
In Berlin. With scarcely an exception the
vehicles carried the motor in front, high
above the axle. A new feature wat rubber
tlrea with ateel soles.
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A few vacant rooms
and only a few
a
However, among these aTe one or two
of our choicest rooms and some small,
but very desirable rooms.
All these offices have the advantage, without extra
charge, of splendid janitor service all night and Sunday
elevator service, electric lights, hardwood finish, and the
best of office neighbors.
THE BEE BUILDING
Two Room at $10 Per float h "A Suit of Two Rooms On
These rooms .are rather small, the fifth floor. These rooms are
but bo is the rental price. They both fair-sized room and have
are well located and are decld- bn new,y derated, so thnt
edly attractive little rooms. The they are) particularly attractive,
rental price Includes heat, light Th price per month eye
water and janitor service and for the two. roomaf
all the advantages of C- f j, mKr
being In The Bee 111
Bldg. Price per month
A Oood Sized Room With Vaul An Of flea on the around Floor
This room, besides having a Thla office faces Seventeenth
large burglar-proof vault. Is lo- atreet It la large, light and baa
cated next to the elevator on the been newly decorated. Tha
fourth floor. It is the only room rental price Includes light
of thla character In the build- water and Janitor service. It haa
lng that la vacant and one of a yery large burglar-proof rault
the few room at this price with Part of thia room ia
a vault It la pleas- C-f Q partitioned off as a C f
ant good-sized room I private office. Price 111
Trice per month per month
An Exceptionally Handsome Office Suite In fact, there is nothing
In Omaha that compares with It as a handsome, aplendidly located
office suite. There U one quite large room and a small private
office connected. It ia on the first floor, next to The Bee office,
facing Fa mam street, and Ita large plate glasa wlndowa are
directly opposite the entrance. It has a mantel, vault beautiful
hardwood floors, and It will be frescoed to ault the taste of the
tenant It would make an Ideal office for a dentist
investment banker or some one desiring a very hand- fj II
some office. Price per month
R. C. Peters & Co., Rental Agents
Ground Floor, Bee Building.
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When you feel dull after eating.
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They will improve your appetite, e'esnse .
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box.
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