The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, June 08, 1902, PART FOUR, Image 30

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Newspaper Page Text30 THE STJaPAT? OUEGONIAN, POKTLaXD, uUXE 8, 1501 N THE BIG TUPPENNy TUBE LONDON'S GREAT IRON TUNNEL AND ELECTRIC ROAD BUILT BY AMERICANS LONDON May 23. Conve -with xneand take a ride through the Tupenny Tube. Do you know what It Is? It is an Immense Iron tunnel, so big that 1 two men could stand one on the shoulders of the other upright within It and the hair of the upper man would just graze the roof. It Is sir miles in length and It runs under the busiest part of this busiest city of the world. It lies from GO to 100 feet below the surface of the streets, and there Is an electric railroad within It which carries you rapidly from station to station, where you can climb up or climb down. It is made of cast-Iron pipes bolted together in segments. It is laid In cement, and It coEt something like 53,000,000 a mile I want you to see It, because It Is a big part of the American. Invasion I have come here to describe. The most of its machinery was made In Jtfew York, and the locomotives were constructed by the General Electric Company of the United States. The Tupenny Tube carried more than S5.000.000 passengers last year, and its re ceipts during 12 months wero more than a million, and a half dollars. Its traffic is Eteadlly increasing, end it promises soon to become one of tho most profitable rail roads In London. Locomotion, in. London. Before we go Into the tube I would like to say a word about the possibilities of ln 'estments in London locomotion. The population here is enormous, but the fa cilities for carrying It are the poorest of those of any capital of Europe. The streets are narrow, and most of them are ac cessible only by 'buses or cabs. There are underground roads run, by steam, and tramways hauled by horse-power, but as yet the electrical undertakings are at their beginning. I have before mo the number of passen gers "who paid lares on cars, cabs and buses last year. This is counting a pas senger on each tore. The number is moro than ono billion. Of these 351 millions rode on the railways, 331 millions on tramways and 355 millions on omnibuses. Think of that! More than four times as many omnibus rides Tvere taken in 'Lon don as there are men, women and children In tho United States, and every one of those rides was on a 'bus dragged by two horses. There are moro than three thou sand omnibuses In tho Greater London, and more than 300.000 horses are used to haul them hack and forth through the streets. One omnibus company carried more than 200 million passengers last year. It used 3000 horses, and its fares averaged about 3 cents a ride. About one-third of all the people who rode In London last year rode in omnibuses, while two-thlxds of them were pulled by horses. And this is the biggest city of the world I Fortune In. Electricity. Is it any wonder that the Yankees are grasping at these enormous possibilities with Itching palms? I know a baker's dozen of New York millionaires "who are scheming to carry the Londoner to and from his business more rapidly at a good round profit to themselves. You havo all heard of Charles Tyson Yerkes. He made a few millions in Chicago, tho most rapid city of the world, in carting passengers to and fro. He has come to London and expects to make tens of millions In car rying these slowest people in tho same way. He has, it Is said, the control of the Metropolitan underground steam roads and will change their power to electricity. DECIDED BY THE COURTS w pHILE a combination to regulate prices and control output, may bo against public policy and Il legal, the Supremo Court of Ohio in the case of Genruick vs. Alcott (63 N. E. Rep., 714) hold that the money arising as tho fruits of such combination, when placed In the hands of & third person i for ono of the members thereof, ceases ito be tainted by such Illegality, and be i comes honest money, subject to seizure iand sequestration by garnishea process, jln favor of a creditor of such member. Unreasonable Rule. A Board of Trade rulft providing for tho expulsion of any member who shall 'bo Interested In business with, or who (shall knowingly execute any order for the account of any firm or Individual engaged in the business of dealing In differences on the fluctuations In the mar ket price of any commodity without a bona fide purchase and sale for actual delivery, is held by the Supremo Court of Illinois in the case of Central Stock & Grain Exchange vs. Board of Trade of City of Chicago (63 N. E. Rep., 740) not to Infringe public policy or any rule of law, is not unreasonable, and its en forcement cannot be enjoined. Competent to Make Complaint. A wife is competent to swear out a complaint against her husband for assault ing (her with Intent to kill, held the Su preme Court of Wisconsin in the case of Goodwin vs. State (9Q N W. Rep., 170). Can Not Avoid Responsibility. A telegraph company cannot avoid re eponslbllity for the failure to perform the positive duty of making proper in spection of poles upon which its linemen are required to work by delegating such duty to another, however competent, held the United States Circuit Court of Ap peals In the case of Western Union Tel egraph Company vs. Tracy (114 Fed. Rep.. 2S2). Mnst Warn Vessel Abend. It is the duty of an overtaking vessel to see to It that she does not come so near the overtaken vessel as to cause danger of collision; and if she does come within the line of danger, it is her duty to warn the other vesl by signals whether she intends to pass or not, holds Judge McPherson, of the United States District Court, in the case of the Fleet wing (114 Fed. Rop., 409). Zntcrittntc Commerce. The interstate commerce act, the ob ject of which is to secure continuous passage and uniform rates, and to com pel the furnishing of equal facilities. Is held by the Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia in the case of Hughes vs. Penn sylvania Railroad Company (51 Atl. Rep., SW) not to be violated by holding a contract for carriage from a point with in It Invalid, eo far as concerns points within the state. In Its stipulation lim iting the carrier's liability in case of injury from negligence. Not Sufficient Provocation. The fact that a pupil In i school Is se verely punished is not a provocation suf ficient to Justify an assault on the teacher by the father of the child on the succeed Plerpont Morgan Is In another big scheme and the chief systems seem, destined to be owned by Americans. London is so big now that the possibili ties of electrical traction within it cannot be estimated. With fast trains, twice as many will ride as under the present sys tem, and rapid transit will make the city grow beyond conception. It has 6,000.000 people now. and It is estimated that It will have 12.000,000 within 30 years. The new electrlcal'schcmes proposed will make the whole cf England Its suburbs, and by the Mono rail system?, of which I shall write iPtfer, millions of people outside will be brought to and from it in less than an. hcur. In the Tupenny Tube. But let us enter the Tupenny Tube. Wo are in the west end of London, and there Is the Marble Arch station just over the way. The ground on which it is built Is worth about S3 a square inch, but it Is only one story- You see the sign "Cen tral London Hallway," and "fare 2d to any station" on the front windows. We mako our way through the 'buses and hansoms and enter the door. How clean everything Is! The walls are tiled, and all above Is white. There are glass doors in the ticket windows, and over them incandescent electric lights. We each shove in two pennies and aro handed our tickets, which we drop into the chop-boxes Just as you do In the -elevated road in New York when you pass through the gate. We are now on the level of the street, and we must go down almost 100 feet Jco get into the mighty tube, which will take us to the bank of London. Wo might enter the elevator put in by Americans, but we prefer to walk down the great spiral staircase. Down, down, down wo go. We wind our way around and around an enormous well, walled, with porcelain bricks as fine as those in a millionaire's bathroom. Tho well is brilliantly lighted, with electricity, and we can see ourselves in the white tiled mirror as we wind our way down It. We stop midway and listen to tha tramp of the people above and below ns. We can hear the hum of the city overhead and the volcanic thunder of the cars far beneath. We wind around and around step by step to the bottom, and enter one of the subterreanean stations. We are in a great cave, roofed and walled with white tiles, with a railroad running across Its floor and with round black holes at each end. The cave is as light as day under the rays of electricity, and Its brightness accentuates the darkness of tho entrances to the tunnel tube. Theso black holes are where the trains from the tube shoot into the station and out, and stations like these are at every halt mile throughout busy London along the line of the tube. The American Invasion. While we wait for the train I notice that the walls are hung with framed ad vertisements, and I look about for signs of the American invasion. It sticks out like a boll on your nose. There is an American typewriter picture Just opposite me. You can see the big red seal which forms its trade mark, and above it Is the statement that 300 of these American typewriters have Just "been bought by the British War Office. Beside it is a card puffing a well-known brand of American oats, and farther on Is another of those infernal Yankee little pill ads, which keep your liver turning over and over faster than a ventilating fan run by electricity. You find them all over London and you can't escape them even in tho bowels ot the earth. But what is that notoe? It Is the ad vance thunder of the invasion. That is the Tube Lino train of American cars carried by American-built electric locomo tives through the Tupeny Tube. Keep your eye on the black hole at the left. See that turtle-back engine as it shoots out, dragging the long train behind it. That is tho little Yankee baby that docs RECENT FINDINGS OF INTEREST TO LAWYERS AND THE LAITY fffif ing day, hdlds the Supreme Court of Al abama in the case of Walkley vs. State (31 So. Rep. S54). No Jurisdiction. Where one steals property in another state and brings it into this state, the Supreme Court of North Carolina, in the case of State vs. Buchanan (41 S. E. Rep. 107), holds that the state courts- have no jurisdiction. aiechanles' Lien. Whore under a contract for the sale of real estate the vendee is required to mike certain improvements thereon, and materials purchased and used for such improvements by the vendor are not paid for, the Court of Appeals of Colorado, In the case of Hendrle & Bolthoff vs. Holy Cross Gold Mine Company (C8 Pac. Rep. 785) holds that a material man's lien at taches to the real estate, as well as to the improvements. Liable for Injuries. A railroad company Is liable for Injuries received by a child while playing on the company's turntable, where the same was not properly guarded, holds the Supreme Court of Iowa In the case of Edington vs. Burlington Railway Company (W N. W. Rep. 95), and it was further held that a child 7 years old cannot be considered, as a matter of law, of sufficient age and intelligence to appreciate the danger to which she exposed herself in playing on a railroad turntable, and such question was properly left to the Jury in determining the question of contributory negligence. Mallclons Prosecution. In an action for malicious prosecution the Supreme Court of Iowa. In the case of Flam vs. See (90 N. W. Rep. 70) holds that it was not error to permit plaintiff to show that on his arrest at his home his mother fainted or was prostrated by the shock, and that plaintiff thereby suf fered distress of mind. Not Sound to Dismiss Action. A Justice of the Peace Is not bound, as a matter of duty, to dismiss a prosecu tion of a criminal offense on motion of the State's Attorney, although such a course may, in the absence of special circumstancos . or conditions known to him, be the better course to pursue, holds the Supreme Court of North Da kota In re Voss (SO N. W. Rep. 15). Mitigation in Slander Suit. Evidence that slanderous words were spoken In heat of passion and under great provocation may be considered In miti gation in a slander suit, though his hear ers had no knowledge of such fact, holds the Supreme Court of Iowa In the case of Zurawski vs. Reichmann (90 N. W. Rep 69). Limit of Notary Public. Under the statutes of Florida a notary public appointed to act in and for a cor- tain county has no power to take an ac- knowledgmcnt outside of nuch county, noms ine Lmtca states Circuit Court of Appeals In the case of Evans vs. Dicken- ! son (114 Fed. Rep 2S4). Not Within Statute of Frauds. Where one doing a retail trade In At lantic City, N. J., ordered of nn importer and manufacturer of Bohemian glass nov elties, etc., In the City of New York, an assortment of watch-ca.cs and cologne articles, to be thereafter manufactured in Europe, with Use words "Atlantic City" Bt Bv it dFSEraXMZsiST' ' Wfc3BL?DHH3ht-?iyBLL! ' j. ' . 'mi l j.1ii'j I jWHJaMJMjBBHBBBBWBBBl vBk b HH3km If r JP5f r wb19BbS?IHbb1bsbBbbh1bbbbb1HbsBBbbb w K . y JBBJBDN'Sf Ktf& BbVBBB?BHHBBBBBbPVIBVJBBVBVBWBVBVj IX THE the business. In size It la perhaps the smallest working engine of the world, but It has all the etrengtb of S00 horses', and it can drag that train along at 40 miles an hour, although the average speed dow. here is less than half that. The engine weighs 48 tons and it gets its current from that third rail in the center by means of two contact shoes which are mounted on each side of the locomotive. The engineer stands In the center ot the ft$t&&g$mm thereon for tho special use of his trade, the Suprome Court of New Jersey, in the case of Roablcek vs. Haddad (51 Atl. Rep. 93S), holds that the order was not a contract of sale, but for work, labor and materials, and hence not a contract with in the statute of frauds. Alienation of Affecticas, The plaintiff. In a suit for the alienation of hor husband's affections, must show not only the loss of the husband's affec tions, but that they were alienated by the defendant, and proof only of the fact that the husband bestowed his affections on defendant after he had ceased to care for his wife is not sufficient, holds the Supreme Court of New Jersey in the case of McKenna vs. Algee (51 AtL Rep. 836). Voluntary Bankruptcy. A person cannot become a voluntary bankrupt where the only debt scheduled by him Is a judgment rendered against him by a state court for a personal tort, from which an appeal Is pending, and the effect of such appeal under tho laws of LETTERS asking for general Infor mation will be answered in these columns. Letters should be writ ten on one side of the paper, and must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not for publication, how ever. All letters without the name of the writer go to the waste-basket. Numbering: Names on Ballots. Why is the nrst number on the ballot at all elections (state and National) al ways No. 12? CHARLES OECHSNER. So that no candidate shall have the dis tinction of being No. 1, or "heading tho list," so to speak. If he is No. 12 and at the top, he does not stand out so prom inently. Another reason for beginning with No. 12 is to avoid confusion in the minds of Ignorant voters. At the head of every group of candidates (those running for the same office) there Is printed: "Vote for one," "Vote for two,' etc It Is believed by those who fixed the form of the ballot that there are voters who would mistake the instruction, "vote for two" for Instruction to vote for candidate No. 2. Thus the man next to the too might get more votes tnan were Intended j for nlm- By commencing at No. 12. the I unenlightened voter cannot fall Into the error. In Oregon there is only one In- stances where 12 men are voted on for one ofllce, namely, the Multnomah Coun ty delegation to the Legislature, but as these nimes are not reached until the voter gets half way through his ticket, danger of mistake is avoided. Origin of the American Flas. Who originated' or first suggested the present American flag, and when and BHfPPHHfPHiBaHk i MKBKESSBSJnnmSKKfSSKjSmKxiM VSSnm HBP J!inTPlTffBlBwABMBHHBBBMBffttlv figyLSJ&riiBBTBBK 9Mt 9BlCKAVXB&lr3B9nSfiBkC9?Bnll9?dilBp5SPwBivBLQHBE spvsv'BI JBBP-tt -Bi1B ijCWBjjjBjPBBBETgEWKf BBifJBkBjBM -BiHcwJBGfa QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS I TUPPENNY TUBE, TO FEET UNDERGROUND. engine and operates the controller. There Is a circuit breaker and an ammeter mounted on each side of the cab, and also an air pump and motor of large capacity under the curved turtle back. Notice how beautifully It Is made. That engine was constructed by the General Electric Com pany of Schenectady, N. Y., and It 13 a Jewel In steel. But look at the cars. See the people rushing in and out. They surely cannot sysrasgTsseaswBgzaa . , i , t r Jr'.- --'?,!'3HttlMtfMri2fLVP9"9$ff m j.t.x i iw.jil .luii -Ty Jr " "THE LITTLE YANKEE BABY THAT DOES THE the state Is to supersede the Judgment, holds Judge DeHaven, of the United States District Court of California, in re Yates (114 Fed. Rep. 265). Patent for Design. Tho fundamental question in determin ing the validity of a design patent is held by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, in the case of Bevln Bros. Man ufacturing Company vs. Starr Bros. Bell Company (114 Fed. Rep. 362), to be wheth er tho Inventive faculty has been exer cised to produce something which is orig inal and pleasing to the eye. Agencies of the State. Both the Drainage Commission of New Orleans and the New Orleans Water Works Company are held by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, In the case of Moore vs. New Orleans Water Works Company (114 Fed. Rep. 3S0), to bo agencies of the state and city In provid ing for the public health and safety and both aro entitled to the support and pro tection of the police power. Not Within Bankruptcy Lavr. A carrier corporation is not engaged In trading or mercantile pursuits, so as to bring it within tho bankruptcy law, sub jecting thereto corporations "engaged principally in manufacturing, trading, printing, publishing or mercantile pur suits' holds Judgo McPherson, of tho United States District Court, In re Phila delphia & Lewes Transportation Company (114 Fed. Rep. 403). where did it first appear in its present form? U. E. HICKS. August 14, 1777, Congress resolved "that the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternately red and white, and that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The story is told, and generally credited, that a Mrs. Betsy Ross, a seamstress, who lived In Arch street, Philadelphia, made the first flag, under the direction of George Washington and a committee. History does not record the place at which the flag was first unfurled to the breeze, but presumably It was In Phila delphia. Buying Land That Is Homestendea. Can one homestead a timber claim and afterward buy it before he proves up on It, and afterward homestead other ground? If so, what does he have to pay per acre for the land? J. G. B. Not since June 3, 1500. Under an act of Congress of that date it was authorized on all entries then previously made, and the officers of the Land Department hold that It applies only to entries made before the passage of the act. Ttro LckhI Questions. 1. Can a widower sell hl real octnt and give a good deed without his chll j dren signing the deed, the land being In ii5 name oniyr 2. Can I stop a person from going through my land to his land after he has gone through my land for over 10 years partly, as at times he used some other route over another neighbor's land? He always had to go through my yard and open several gates when going through my land. B. F. G. 1. If tho land was in. the husband's be Britishers, for they have a move on them like the hustling Americans. The truth Is that the average Londoner did not know what the word "hustle" meant until this road was put In. On the ordi nary train it Is the custom to stop and take up the tickets before you enter the principal cities. That Is what I did before I got to London, and 500 people waited with me 10 minutes while they took up the tickets. In the tube line the tickets z && 7 -H nr fflltfwwiittijgnj . j jam $SiM SE1 J9Gr'r - r"7Wfm TS ' - ZT ' "--"-ww BUSINESS." GEORGE ADE'S o NCD there was a home-like Bean- ery where one could tell the Day of the Week by what was on the Table. The Stroke Oar of this Food Bazaar had been In the Business for 20 years, and she had earned her Harp three times over. The Prune Joke never phased her and she had herself trained 50 as not to hear any sarcastic Cracks about the Oleo. She prided herself on the Atmosphere of Culture that permeated the Establishment and on the Fact that she did not harbor any Improper Characters. A good .many Improper Characters came around and sized up the Lay-Out and then blew. It was a sure-enough Boardlng-House, such as many of our Best People know all , about even if they won't telL All they had j to do to get tho Center Table ready for Ping Pong was to take oft the Caster. j The Landlady was doing what she could to discourage the Beef Trust, but she. name he can convey It after hl3 wife's death without his children signing the deed. 2. If the facts are exactly as you state them, you can stop the person from going through your Iand. "Old Line" Insurance. Kindly explain the meaning of "old line" Insurance. G. W. M. "Old line' Insurance is distinguished from fraternal Insurance. The premium in old line insurance may be paid In a lump sum or In assessments. The old lino company may "be a stock company or cor poration; the policy-holders may share In the profits or not, as the case may be. The old line companies are regulated by law, while the fraternal companies are not. The affairs of an old line company are conducted by its stockholders. In a fraternal company each policy-holder Is a member and has a voice in the man agement of the concern. To Various Correspondents. H. E."M. There is no Berkeley College. No doubt the University of California was Intended. Some folk think time Is too valuable to waste speaking names cor rectly If they can be abbreviated, and thus corrupted. They are not amenable to law, hence we must endure their crimes without murmur. E. R, N.", Stevenson All of Bret Harte's stories are copyrighted. J. T. W. We know of no biography of Colonel E. D. Baker. A collection of his speeches has been published. A. M. S. Lemon Juice and salt will re move Iron ast from white cotton or linen: so says a housewife who has tried the remedy successfully. Mrs. B. There Is no such organization as the Federated Trades Union. Don't you mean "American Federation of Labor"? are dropped into the boxes before you get , from the ventilating fans comes fresh In and the conductor urges the passengers against my face as I trot on with a long to step lively or they will get left j limbed, rosy-cheeked English girl sprint We have to rush to set our own seats. I ing beside roe. I look at her out of the The gate closes as sooa as we are on the I tall of my eye as I run, wondering if she platform and the car has etarted before j is a bar maid, a dressmaker or a lady of we have taken our seats. j quality. At any rate, she Is a good run How American everything Is! We can ner, and we reach the bottom together, almost imagine ourslves back In dear old J Here we find a different kind of car and New York. The cars are almost a fac- engine. The cars axe more like barrels simile of those on our elevated railroads, except that the ceilings are lower and the seats are upholstered. But we have left the station and shot into the darkness of the tube. We can see nothing out of tho windows, but within electric lamps in balls of cut glass as big as your fist make the cars as light as day. We go on shooting through sec tion after section of the great dark tube and coming out Into light at the stations. It is like riding through a flute and look ing out at the holes. We ride to the Bank and then go back to Shepherd's Bush, and then back to the Bank to study the road. Tvrenty Acres of Electricity. At Shepherd's Bush we come again to the surface and go over the enormous electric works built there to operate the l Tupeny Tube. They cover 20 acres, and with the tube Itself cost all told about 520,000,000. There are 16 boilers under one roof and six great generators. The ma chinery is almost altogether American. The most of it was made by the General Electric Company, and Americans haye much to do with Its management. Here I learn something about the tube. The tunnel is six and a quarter miles long. It consists of two great tubes run ning part of the way side by side, and In some places above one another. The aver age depth of the tube Is about 70 feet below the surface, although at the Bank it almost approaches 100 feet. The tube runs richt under the streets and not i ! under the houses. This was partly be- , cause it was much cheaper, as no right of way had to be paid for the route below the streets, whereas had It been under the houses each property-holder could have claimed damages, for every man is sup posed to own down to the center of the earth, and this road runs less than 100 feet from tho surface. American Elevators. The elevators which carry passengers up and down from and to the streets are also American. They are Immense affairs, large enough to accommodate several hundred people. They are octagonal In hAnnr na nn Htrht Of ! shape, with seats about the walls. They ! move slowly and smoothly without giving you the sensation of goneness and sick ness of the stomach, as some of our ele vators. The walls are hung with adver tisements, and among them we notice some of American shoes and other things. I rose by means of one of these eleva tors to the Bank station, and there found myself In the very center of financial London. Tho great treasure vaults of the British Empire were all about me, and I could see John Bull's subjects rush- ing and scrambling this way and that after the pennies, notwithstanding they had allowed their Yankee cousins to get the profits of supplying the great twenty-mllllon-dollar undertaking I had Just passed through. City &. Waterloo Railroad. London already has several other tube lines, but none to compare with the ono wo have been through. There are several which com6 out at the Bank Station. Sup pose we enter the tube of the tunnel of. the City & London Railroad. We go down through a long pipe -walled with porce lain tiles as fine as a. dinner plate. There Is a board chute running up- and down, floored with cement. This is filled with people rushing back and forth from and to the cars and street. Their steps have a curious echo, and I stop at the entrance to listen. The Incline Is easy, and I pick up my camera and run with the crowd down through the tiled hole. The wind MODERN FABLE OF THE REGULAR KIND OF A PLACE AND THE USUAL WAY IT TURNED OUT carried a heavy line of Oatmeal. She had Oatmeal to burn, and sometimes she did It. And she often remarked that Spinach had Iron In It and was" great for the Blood. One of her pet Theories was that Rice contained moro Nutriment than could be found In Spring Chicken, but the Boarders allowed that she never saw a Spring Chicken. In the Cast of Characters were many of the Old Favorites. There was the Hppy Boy with the Williams and Walker Shirts, Vk Uhah 4VtA VTaiMaa a m11 1 a. OaII t)1l nu auuv liiu xtaiiica Ui. in uic -umi x iuj - ers and could tell when there was a good Variety Show In Town. Then there was the other kind with a straw-colored Mustache and a prominent Adam's Apple, who was very careful about his Pronunciation. He belonged to a Social Purity Club that had a Yell. His Idea ot a Hurrah was to get In a Parlor with a few Sisters who were under the Age Limit and sing the Bass Part of "Pull for the Shore." x Then there was the Old Boarder. He was the Land-Mark. Having lived In Boarding-Houses and Hotels all ills Life, he had developed a Grouch that enveloped him like a Morning Fog. He had a Way of turning Things over with his Fork, as If to say, "Well, I don't know about this." And he never believed anything he saw in the Papers. He said the Papers printed those things Just to fill up. The Circassian Princess that brought In the Vlttles paid more attention to him than to any one else, because If he didn't get Egg on his Lettuce he was liable to cry all over the Table Cloth. Then there was the chubby Man, who came in every Evening and told what had happened at the Store that Day, and there was a human Ant-Eater who made Puns. One of the necesary Features of a re fined Joint Is the Slender Thing who is taking Music and has Mommer along to fight off the Managers and hush the Voice of Scandal. This Boarding-House had one of these Mother-and-Chlld Combinations that was a Dream. Daughter was full of Kubellk and Josef Hoffmann. Away back In the Pines somewhere there was a Father who was putting up for the Outfit. Mother's Job seemed to be to sit around and Root. She was a consistent little Booster. If what Mother said nvas true, then Eflle's Voice was a good deal better than it sounded. She said the Teachers were Just crazy about It, and all of them agreed that Efne ought to go to Paris or Milan. The slangy Boy with the rag-time Shirt went them one better and said that ALL of the phoney Melbas in the country ought to pull for the Old Country and wait until they were sent for. A In this same Boardlng-House there was a Widow whose husband had neglected to die. Being left all alone in the World, she had gone out to make her Way, since which time she had gained about SO pounds and was considered Great Com pany by the Young Men. Necescarlly there was a Pale Lady, who loved to read and who stuck to the Pat terns that appeared In Godey's- Magazine soon after the War. Then there was the Married Couple without any Children or Furniture of their own, and the only reaion they didn't take a House was that Henry had to be out of Town so often. Henry's Salary J had been whooped $500 a Year, and aha with seats Inside of them than anything else, and each car seems to carry Its own motor. The trains go at great speed, but they do not compare In beauty and com fort with those of the Tupeny Tube, made by the Yankees. Nevertheless they carry considerably more than 100,000 pass engers a day and their Tecelpts approxi mate $150,000 a month. The fare one way Is 4 cents, or the round trip for 6 cents. Other Tube Lines. The electric underground railways of London will be rapidly extended. There are schemes for something like 100 miles of such roads now before Parliament, and the day will soon come when every pait of this vast metropolis will be honeycombed Ith railroads. One of the biggest scuemes oi underground extension is backed by Plerpont Morgan, connected with large British Interests, and others as I have said, are being pushed by Yerkes. Mr. Yerkes has his concessions, and the work of converting the Metro politan Underground from steam to elec tricity is one of short time and much money. Eight new tube lines have al ready been authorized by Parliament, and In the suburbs there are several electric tramways above ground. I have ridden on a number, of these. The cars aro double-deckers, with seats on the roof. They are well patronized. The most of them belong to the London County Coun cil, and I understand that they pay dlvi- tanie nnfurithotoniiini, , , -nm-vinrr TTns' trains nt pprtain hnurs of the dav -i. i.i. j , .. u-L uiie-iiuij. uiiu in Hume vuacs ai uut- fourth of the regular rates. Tramways "Worked liy the City. The tendency here seems to be in tho direction of the city owning as many ot the railroads as possible. About three fourths of the tramway traffic is now In the hands of the London County Council, which Is a term comprehending the Coun cil which manages the greater London. It carried on Its southern tranvsvajs last year more than IS.000,000 passengers, and on Its northern tramways, which v. ere leased from the Northern Metropolitan Railroad, about loS.OOO.OOO. Other tramways are being rapidly ac quired, and it Is safe to prophesy that within a few years all of the roads above ground will become the property of the County Council. Many of these road? are now worked by horses, but In the future they will be run by electricity. The first of the roads bought by the Council was along about 1S93. The Metro politan lease was made In 1S9T, and by 1S01 that lease had cost the Council over J4.O0O.C0O. The Council pays the original holders a fixed rent of over $200,000 a year, and also 5 per cent on the purchase price of the property, which it owns In fee simple, and 6 per cent on the values of its depots and other buildings. It also pays 12& per cent of the Increase of the gross receipts over those of the year of 1SS5. At the same time the receipts are larger. They amounted to almost J400.000 In 1901, and showed a profit balance of about $200,000. On the Southern London tramways the profit last year to the city was In the neighborhood of $150,000, and this notwith standing that the passengers were carried at an average fare of less than 2 cents per ride. On the omnibuses 44 per cent of tho passengers were carried at 1-cent fares and 43 per-cent at 2 cents per rldg. The County Council is steadily buying railroads, and It has a number under con struction. I may have more to say of its work in the future. FRANK G. CARPENTER. was Just beginning to say Gown Instead of Dress. She had the Society Column for Breakfast and things looked Dark for Henry. For many months this conventional Group ot ordinary 6 Mortals had lived in a Rut. At each meal time they rounded up and mechanically devoured what was doled out to them and folded their Nap kins and broke ranks. Each day way the Duplicate of another, and Life had petered down to a Routine. One Evening Just as they had come in i for their Vermicelli, a new Boarder glided t W r tVintaa mlln C V. .- .n . 1 1 A.r. imu ljji;u iiiiuzri cnu was it iuu vj p She was Queen with about $1200 worth of Clothes that fit her everywhere and all the time, and she had this watch-me kind of a Walk, the same being a Cue for all the other Girls to get out their Hardware. When she moved up to the Table and began to distribute a few sample Smiles, so as to Indicate the Character of her Work, the muy'cal Team -went out with the tide, the Grass Widow curled up like an Autumn Leaf, the touch-me-not Mar ried Lady dropped Into the Scrub Di vision. The Lady who read wa$ shy a Spoon and afraid to ask for It. The men were all google-eyed. and the Help was running Into Chairs and dropping im portant parts of the Menu. Presently the Landlady came In and ex plained. She said that Mrs. Williams was in the City to shop for a couple of Days and her Husband wouJd be up on the Night Train. Whereupon five men fell under the Table. Moral: Nothing ever happens at a Boardlng-House. His Accurate Throiv'. Ho had been a brnkeman on the G N Railway, but. owing to Injuries re ceived In the service, had been given a less hazardous position as station agent at a small place on the line of the road. His entire wardrobe consisted of one suit of clothes, and he was patiently awaiting the next payday to get the wherewithal to purchase another. The frst mail, and express, which was due at midnight, was reported four hours late, so he thought he could get in a pretty fair night's rest by setting his alarm clock about an hour ahead of the time when the train was likely to com", as he needed little time to perform the only duty required of him, viz., to see that the sack of mall was properly hooked to the crane, so that the extending arm of the fast mall car would surely catch It as the train went by. Tho alarm clock, of course, upon this oc casion failed to work, and he was awak ened by the shrieking of the whistle of the engine as It warned "the station ot the comlns of the train. He Jumped for the sack and his trousers. Grabbed both, rurhed out on the platform, made an ac curate throw, nd whlzl away sped the train. He turned to pick up his trousers, when he found he had thrown them upon the crane, and they had gone in place of the mall. Aa to whether or not he dressed In the mail sack but enough said. The Drawer, Harper's Magazine for June. Take Example. Judge. Customer (at a restaurant) Can I see the proprietor? WalterVery sorry, sir. but he's Just I stepped out to lunch.