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NEW TORK, April 17.-(Special.)-Learnod
Hand, who has Just been
appointed by the President United
States District Judge for the Southern
tMstrict of New York, is a son of Samuel
Hand, -who was Judge of the Court of
Appeals. He is a graduate of Harvard
Ijaw Bohool and a well-known member of
Che bar of New York City.
.
Roosevelt's record of 1 a word for his
African writings Is eclipsed already by
O-iarles Klein, the dramatic author,
itleln has recplvd from his play "The
JJon and the Mouse,- more than XI a
,KMr- 'eln J1'1 tho Popular fancy
with this play when muck-raking was
fashionable and he has made a little for-
NEW YORK. April 10. (Special.) The
problem of the unemployed is
arousing the serious attention of
t he state Legislature, and the probabili
ties are that Governor Hughes will ap
point a commission exhaustively to Inves
tigate the subject.
According to figures which have been
presented to the Assembly ways and
Twk CU mnUtee' th6re ar" Wta New
women yi, r ?.V" 200'000 idle men and
women. It is estimated that at least 70
per cent of the unemployed are farm la
borers who have drifted In from the
Tl- onIV bo disappointed in search
of work in the great city
.ViYvi'T A- Oaky. an ex-president of
the iederation of Labor, is authority for
the statement that lack of employment
has driven countless numbers of New
..nlf" deaPndency. sometimes
irlme. and in certain cases to suicide.
Relief for Old Maids.
nrnh1?! U StrUSUng With this
problem. New England is having like
n'K In the Stata of Massachusetts
alone there are 100.000 widows and
aplnsters. who can never hope to marry
owing to the scarcity of men. In consel
nuence. an organization has been formed
for th purpose of winning state aid and
in getting small tracts of land near large
cities, where women can engage in prof
itable agricultural enterprises. The state
ment is made that a wealthy New York
woman has become Interested In the proj
ect and will go to Massachusetts in June
to investigate. The report is that she
will spend from 1300,000 to $300,000 in buy
ing lani for struggling old maids, if the
cause appeals to her. Although the name
of this philanthropist has not been made
public, there is a general belief that she
is Mrs. Russell Sage.
Whila the "Massachusetts idea" may be
a success In New England, nobody be-
ieves hat it could ever solve the prot
lem here. Frank J. Warne. representing
the Association of Neighboring Workers
of New York, said today:
"For one thing, we have not got the
vacant land near the city. and. besides,
our- unfortunates in many cases are tol
tslly unfitted for farm work. New Eng
land women understand how to till the
soil, and In addition are naturally frugal.
The average broken-down city resident
would be absolutely helpless among pigs
ihT, ii j L , AS laborers
....a,.,, v.... uut n iert to their owi
resources amid strange surroundines th
From which one might infer that New
York's problem is much more acute than
the one that- confronts Massachusetts.
Aba Hummel, the disbarred New York
lawyer who has been enjoying himself
Jn Europe since his discharge from the
UlackweJi Island penitentiary, expects to.
ot lt- His latest Pla'. "The
Xhird Degree." is making a success. Mr.
Klein is a great believer in the stage as
an educator rather than a mere source
of amusement.
Ph.l V May' and hl Physician. Dr.
.av T" ?he -leal Ught as
i t V e ha a BPeclfio purpose"
and intends to "surprise a great many
people In the future." y
Hummel holds the record for passing
,,tmo,,Ccmifortable term of In-.Prison-ment
Ihe day he was received at the
iTitt1? he, w as at once Put in the hos
ElitJ' a.nd he remalned there until his
l. "f one year was up. He had two
conMcts assigned as his "valets," ata
what he pleased, read what her pleased
and received his friends and business as
sociates at his pleasure.
Of course, he was unable to attend the
fust nights" at the local theaters, and
debarred from the practice of his
profession, but otherwise he had a per
fectly splendid time, and aroused the envy
c! I18 reS"lar working convicts.
nilT11 ot Humrael ay that he has
lntenUon to worry about the future.
Light on Servant Problem.
.Zhe eternal "servant problem" has
been brought into public attention re--y
i?6 Cases of two 'faithful em
?lu . ?ary Gr8an worked for one
family In Jersey 50 years, and has been
rewarded with a banquet and the privi
lege of -being company" for a day.
,Mor8an- a B- R- T- employe, who
has driven a horse-car or a trolley for
the same half century, has been dined
by his grateful employers and accorded
the pnvilege of making a speech
Of course there are beautiful lessona to
be learned from these cases but
Cynic, call attention to the fact that
r.n?gan'8,TU" atIpend has
5100, and. considering the prevailing rate
pf wages, she was strangely underpaid,
and her mistress get off light by din
ing her onoe in 50 years. And listen to
the happy story of Mr. Morgan: "In
the whole 60 years I have been off twice
onco with sciatica and once with a brokl
en arm I have had no vacations nor
at 4.0! l ?I nln y.ar" my run hesan
i the morning, and I never
missed that run, Summer or Winter, in
those nine years, although I had to walk
a mile and a halt."
k,1!'',,"""0 that If thia Por menial
keeps it up for another 60 years he will
te given a dinner with two kinds of nle
and several brands of cheese.
Cripple's "Wonderful Clock.
Guests of the Hbtel St. Regis are inter
ested In a most wonderful clock that has
recently been installed there. This time
piece waa made by a cripple in a small
Ohio town. His only tools were a scroll
a Jack-knife and a til, but th
cloclc does everything except talk.
In addition to showing the. standard
later to American rule and was returned
to Manila, where he took the oath of
allegiance to the United States. He spoke
.n the House recently against restricted
free trade with the islands under the new
tariff law.
time and the changes of the moon, it
gives the Government weather Indica
tion for Si hours in advance. It also
shows "handsome pictures of the ships,
of the United States Navy passing be
fore a glass, the history of Christ a
miniature Niagara Falls and an electric
fountain, and the history of the United
States from its discovery by Columbus."
When the clock strikes the hour, the
. t1".6-8 of Uncl Sam and the Goddess
or Liberty pass out of an electric eleva
tor on one side down a stairway, roam
around for a while and then vanish by
way of another elevator.
There are a number of other novelties
about this wonderful clock, but these
will do to give an idea of it.
Girls Must Swathe Charms.
tl?.?Plre Dy the Protests of some of the
RehCi,ifSerS.down on tho Rockaway
5w, tna Summer girl attired
In abbreviated costume has been wont to
k? er honie to tne beacl tor a
sun bath or an ocean dip. Assemblyman
Charles F. Murphy has introduced a bill
i.et "k u Iesal for a person to ap
pear off the beach in a bathing suit un
less it be covered with a long robe, con
cealing the whole figure and disclosing
;5L V,8 r?d2 eye of tne Pblic nothing but
the head, hands and feet.
But the fair Rockaway bather may
f,f,rcUPVf0rv.the Dl11 13 not to take effect
until September X. when the bathing sea
son is approaching its close.
Strange Events ot Big City.
ew. Y,?,rk, is so bis that almost any
thing Is likely to happen. Here are a few
VIZ" occurrences that figured in the
news of one day recently.
Twenty policemen were ordered to Bar
ren Island because that suburb was suf
fering from an invasion of wild hogs.
After an all-day battle, the arm of the
law triumphed. Between 35 and 50 big
and little porkers lay aead on the field
and scores had taken to the salt marshes
where no Nimrod could follow. In addi
tion hundreds were received in the homes
of the thousand of Poles and Italiana
who live" on the island and have no ob
jection to fresh pork. - -
Helen Benson was preparing a cup of
tea at an alcohol stove near an . open
window. The wind blew her hair against
the flame, .the building caught fire a
Panic followed, and three persons w'ere
Chauncey McKnight secured a divorce
from his wife. The evidence that count
ed most with the jury was proof of the
fact that she hid whisky in the crib with
her sleeping baby.
Fourteen-year-old Mary Kenny saw a
crowd of gleeful youngsters at play In a
vacant lor In the Bronx. When she asked
them, what they were doing, they ex
But it appeared that nothing less than
the Governorship would satisfy Curry; so
Hagerman was called to Washington and
notified that he had been removed on
charges which were handed to him sub
sequent to his removal. Hagerman
claims that the real reason for his re
moval was his interest in probing land
frauds, which he charged to "Bull
Andrews, a former protege of the late
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, and his
associates. Hagerman Is opposing state
hood for New Mexico, saying that 0 per
cent of the voters are Mexicans and
could easily be controlled by the ganar
of freebooters which he says governs
New Mexico.
plained "We are burying Jlmmle Dal-
mey wept wnen Mary called
assistance, aided to dig Jimmle out of a
deep hole, and brush him off.
A dishwasher in a cheap table d'hote
found a large diamond in a dirty soup
plate. Although advertised, no guest
Has as yet appeared to claim lt.
Three maids employed in a high
class hotel have been arrested for
stealing Jewelry. They confess that lt
was their habit to take rings and neck
lacea, rip out the real stones, substi
it Pafte:. put tnem back. and never
fear detection. Their operations were
C?.0L wltk success for months,
ana their final capture wa purely the
result of an accident.
Four ministers have been traveling
about Brooklyn on a secret hunt for
excise law violations. Their pilgrim
ages ended when they were captured
in a raid, and were vigorously "fanned"
when they foolishly attempted to es
cape. Simply Spelled Names.
The Simplified Spelling; League has
made a new bid for fame by suggest
ing: that members see what they can
do about revising their own names.
Melville Dewey, for year an employe
Celebrated Ninety-First Birthday
BY EVA EMBRT DYES.
l OW very young our country is. when
I I the span of one life almost touches
,e b!?,.nn,ne' was forcibly brought to
mind this week when Ebenerer Warner,
or Oregon City, celebrated his 91st birth
day. Born at old Port Harmar. of Mari
etta. April 12. 181S. at a time when his
father was one of the associate Judges
of the Court of War Claims, Mr.
Warner s earliest recollections are of the
Revolutionary soldiers coming after their
pensions. In "three-cornered hat. knee
breeches and all that." they used to
gather at the Courthouse discussing their
battles in behalf of their country. Mr.
Warner's father, Anaximander Warner
was the son of a classical scholar and
schoolmaster of Ashvllle. Mass., a Captain
in the Revolutionary War and one of
Washington's bodyguard in his retreat
from Long Island. After emigrating to
Ohio, the family lost track of their New
England kindred, but Mr. Warner be
lieves that Charles Dudley Warner was
one of hta Massachusetts cousins. "Hi
likeness is a good picture of my father,"
lie says, "and he came from the same
place.
"I remember some uncles who came to
see us once, in long cloaks and knee
pants, and Ephriam Cutler, brother of
Manasseh Cutler, one of the founders of
Marietta, often dined at our house. My
father was intimate also with the Put
nams and Commodore Whirple, who fired
the first shot from an Amerlean war
vessel in the Revolution. We lived In
WO tO life Imnrlqnnmanl All -
pealed their cases to the Supreme Court
or the state and Mr. Caldwell Is preparing
to argue the cases on appeal. The Su
preme Court has three places of meeting
-Knoxville for East Tennessee: Nash
ville for Middle Tennessee, and Jackson
for West Tennessee. The court will be
gin to hear the cases at Jackson Mon
day, April 12. Uusually the coHmtles are
taken In turn in the hearing of Che cases;
out under this arrangement, the Rankin
cases would not be reached till May or
June and Mr. Caldwell will ask the court
to advance them and he tells the Bain
New" Service he believes he will be suc
cessful. He is ready to try 22 other men
who are in jail on the charge of murder
In the Rankin case.
Some remarkable forgeries of scarabs
have been brought to light in Paris They
were the work of an engraver named
Bourlant and so expert that they deceived
even M. Guimet. the .director ot the Gut
met Museum. Last year the mother of
Bouriant called on M. Guimet and sub
mitted a very fine scarab, having on the
reverse side an inscription in hierogly
phics relating to the reception by Kinir
Necho. who reigned 600 years before
Lhrlst. of an envoy who gave an account
of his voyage In inner Africa. The Kin
ordered that a book be made of his tales
-no other ttian the famous "People of
Africa mentioned by Herodotus. M
i . - vc una una -Mme.
Bouriant said it had been left her by her
.1, was a collector of anti
quities, paid 1000 for It. Later in the
same Wonth Mme Bouriant sold Capart
the director of the Royal Museum of
Belgium, a second scarab which seemed
to complement the first. He bought it
and then entered into negotiations with
Guimet with a view to having the two
brought together in one museum. It was
finally agreed that the Belgian museum
would buy the first scarab for J2000 Then
some question was raised about the au
thenticity of the two scarabs and an In
quiry by Egyptologists proved them for
geries. Investigation proved that they
had been made to the order of Mm?)
Bouriant s son. a well known Egyptolo
gist", by a Paris sculptor named Beau-b'e"-
Ime- Bo"11"' and her son were
fdered to repay the money
ttiey had received for the forgeries
Of the Statn RnnrA r.r T- i , -
. in f,rn tn, naj or-
fered himself as a pioneer In the move
215 . .. 5ereafter his name will be
5i i, rewey" anJ he Is really quite
foolishly proud of it.
But lt will probably be a long time
bffre.. yo" W,U read about "Governor
P?."?8" .. ?.?nJltor Bte." "Mayor Mc
"TirWn;a8,dent R-eve,t or
A. local newspaper, boasts ef a "sim
ple spelller" who does not know he is
a member. For example, he Invariably
write, about the .hip's "cumpas," and
fails to understand why strong copy
around. When h'" 'tU.'r come
Once more the death of "the oldest
Mason" is announced. But as Edward
yreS f Brooklyn. was raised In
Darcy Lodge. Manhattan. In 1W9 or 80
tita.a8K hw" WOUld seem to b en
titled to the honor. Mr. Hayes was one
of the Masonic guard, at the funeral
of President William Henry Harrison,
and met Lafayette on his second visit
to the United States. He was also the
oldest veteran militiaman on record -Ef'J.fJ01'1
an dependent company
I? V.a' Whl0n .later became Company
E of the present famous Seventh Reiri
ment. B
the house originally built by Governor
Meigs, of Ohio, and from the door I
remember hearing the guns firing for the
election of John Quincy Adams. Some
flrPe"V,BPV',td..the gun and sapped the
firing. About this time Lafayette came,
is It not strange, I remember the things
that happened when I was a little boy
almost better than events of today? No
n It6 Lafayette, but I saw the
ow and the procession marching up to
hh,,H nfregaUonal Church, the only
building large enough for speaking In
those days. Our home at Harmar was
on the opposite side of the Muskingum
River. My father went over to the cele
bration, but I stood on the bank and
looked across where I distinctly saw the
people and .heard the fifes and drums
but for that I probably would never have
remembered the visit of Lafayette. It
made a great Impression on my mind
Fort Harmar is now. I believe, included
In the City of Marietta.
"Those Revolutionary soldier.? Yes
some of them wore ruffled shirts for
dress, starched to stand out with full
bosoms' said Mr. Warner when asked
for more particulars. "And sometimes
they wore high-crowned beaver hats, fur
hats. The founder, or Marietta were 'sub
stantial men, plain and honest, but a good
many old soldiers drifted out West there
who became bad drunkards. Saloons were
called groceries in those, days. The Fourth
of July was celebrated far more demon
stratively than now. A big dinner waa
usually spread In a grove where drunken
men drank patriotic toasts to Thomas
Jefferson and denounced John Adams and
Alexander Hamilton as tories in favor of
a monarchy.
"All that part of Ohio was heavily
timbered then. Herds of deer were in
the woods around Marietta; once I saw
five in a bunch when out shooting squir
rels. We used to hunt foxes with hounds,
out many a night, wild turkeye were
abundant, and once I helped get honey
from a bee tree. Yes. I remember the
oldtlme flatboats. Once one got away and
men went after it and pulled it back.
There was a shipyard near and I often
saw new steamboats going down into the
Muskingum. One. of those launched in
1S25 or 1828 bore the name of Oregon, the
first time I ever heard the name.
"Ferrying across the (Muskingum, mv
people attended the Congregational
Church. I was baptised there by Rev.
Samuel Robbins, son-in-law of General
Rufus Putnam. I used to read as a
boy on the hearth by firelight, while
mother spun flax or sewed by a. tallow
dip with a baby on her lap. My first
teacher was Barah Robinson, who after
ward, became the mother of Bishop Mc
Cabe. Our school books were the New
Testament. Murray's English Reader I
knew by heart, that book had an effect
on my character, and Webster's old spell
ling book. Sarah Robinson catechised us
in the Bible; she was Just ths sort of
woman to become the mother of a Bishop
I never went to school after I wss li
years old. I became a printer. From the
day I entered a printing office, as an ap
prentice I was my own teacher. What
ever I have learned from books, or the
little skill I have as a writer, I dug out
for myself unaided by teachers or pro
fessors. "In the Spring of 1SS0 my father moved
to Portsmouth. Ohio, and here I was put
Into the office of the Portsmouth Times
to learn fhe art and mystery of printing.
At the ace of 17 I went Into the office of
the Spectator and Chronicle at Athens
Ohio, and in 1838-9 went to Louisville
on the Public Advertiser, the leading
Democratic paper of the West then. In
1S40 I cast my first vote, for General
Harrison, and now have voted for Presi
dent 17 times. A Whig to start with,
and then a Republican. I worked seven
years on the Galllpolis Journal was City
Recorder of Galllpolis 3 years ago and
then on the Kanawha Banner at Charles
ton. W. Va. During the war I was in
Berlin. Wis.. JuBt a plain common 'jour
a Journeyman printer, going wherever
there was a Job and pay. and when print
ing failed doing whatever else I could
find, never idle, never any use for whln
ers -out of a job.' I could always find
work of some kind. If thrown out of
HENEY ACCUSED OF PER-
JURY IN CALHOUN CASE
Organ of Grafters Says He Accepted Prejudiced Juror Controversy
' About Cropping of DogV Ears.
BY HARRY B. SMITH
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17. Speclal.)
According to the Globe, an eve
ning paper that makes a specialty
of attacks on the graft prosecution and
particularly on Francis J. Heney. the
latter gentleman Is subject to an 'action
for perjury if the Calhoun defense de
sires to force the matter. The facts are
that James L. Arthur, a building con
tractor, was called as a juror in the Cal
houn case. He was questioned regarding
his opinions and replied that he had no
opinions; that he was fully competent
to try the case and give the defendant
cwi mm iiiifjurciRi iriai.
Afionrdlnr tn tViak ClnK AT. A f-T... 1 .1
been previously interviewed by Raymond
"vuitimci, nn oiuce deputy in ins employ
of Detective William Burns. According
to his report, or at least a copy of the
Schlndler report that found Its way Imp
the offices of the United Railroads, Mr.
Schlndler stated to his chief that Mr.
Arthur was the most prejudiced man that
he had found in his travels and that Mr.
Arthur had declared, if accepted as a
Juror, he was ready to hold out for con
viction until doomsday.
Mr. Heney, much against his will, was
called as a witness in the Ruef case,
when Mr. Arthur was examined. He de
clined to answer as to his knowledge of
Mr. Arthur, but by evasions, so says the
Globe, let it be understood that he knew
nothing of the prospective Juror. The
Globe argues that, if Mr. Heney knew
Mr. Arthur was so prejudiced In favor
of the prosecution, he had no right to
accept the man as a Juror.
Says Report Doctored.
Mr. Ueney and Mr. ' Burns reply that
the report concerning Mr. Arthur was
purposely doctored, as they had reason
to believe that their reports were being
copied and they wanted to find for them
selves If the Calhoun people were receiv
ing Information to which they were not
entitled.
At aU events, it is a good deal of a
mix-up and Is reflecting credit on neither
side. There Is too much gum-shoe work
to suit the people. Both the defense and
the prosecution have their detectives out
to interview prospective Jurymen, to dis
cover where they stand. And this in
formation, so secured, is used when the
men are examined in the Jury box.
Many of the men who are called for
service as Jurors complain that they are
pestered to death and that, for this rea
son, if no other, they are desirous of
escaping that duty.
Shall Dogs Ears Be Cropped?
To "crop or not to crop that is the
question. And the dog show In San Fran
Cisco is only a month away. The ques
tion of cropping fhe ears of the canine
thoroughbreds has been raised by the San
Francisco Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. The society bays
that the laws of the state forbid any
such mutilation of the dogs and that
they will see lt suppressed. Dog fanciers
reply that without the cropping, there
wouldn't be the slightest chance In the
world for a cocker spaniel, a Boston bull
or a fox terrier to win a prize at the
bench 6how. They say it has been the
custom from time immemorial and that
they want to continue. They insist that
It does not hurt the dogs and that the
Prevention of Cruelty organisation is try
ing to revive a law that has been a dead
one since lt was placed on the statute
books.
Enormous Rent for Stores.
That the retail- houses which have
moved and are about to move from Van
Ness avenue. Fillmore street and other
Western addition points, to the old down
town sections of San Francisco will have
to pay the piper, who In their case is
n , . suffering, danger and fear
that she looks forward to the critical hour with apprehension and
dread. Mother s Friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties,
allays nausea, nervousness, and all unpleasant feelings, and so
prepares the system for the ordeal that she passes through the event
safely and with but little suffering, as numbers have testified and said
it is worth its weight in gold."
$1.00 per bottle of
druggists. Book contain
ing valuable information
mailed free.
THE BRADFIEID REGULATOR CO.
Atlanta. Ci.
typesetting I would find some other em
ployment, keeping an eye out meanwhllf
for a job at that which I could do best.
I was ten years at Friendship. Wis , on
the Adam. County Press, and then on ths
Davenport (la.) Daily Gazette; was com.
merclal editor of the paper awhile get
ting the telegraphic dispatches and'writ
lng up the heads.
f"iIsLa"1.V,( .rJon ri,y the SPr,n
or lSRo. and set type on the Enterprise
But now a new system has come In I
have my doubts about the linotype: it Is
not so accurate as- the work we used to
do by hand. I never liked to sot up from
typewritten manuscript. Plain handwrit
ing is bent. I have a brother at Medford.
Lyman Beecher Warner, now well-to-do!
A Bister went as a mlsslonarv to Africa'
one brother went to Mississippi, married
a planter's daughter and had slaves In
1843 I married Miss Lucy Higbee, a
schoolmate of James A. Garfield. We had
two sons. One is now a fruit farmer in
Michigan, the other a printer. Miss Lou
H. Barker was the name of my present
wife: we were married in 1874. Ever
sick? Oh. yes; have been sick a great
deal; had cholera, typhoid fever, malarial
fever, brain fever and often had to leave
offices on account of smoke; could not
stand it. Tobacco made me sick."
Mr. Warner walks about Oregon City,
going up and down the long flights of
step, like a much younger man. He has
lately split up six or seven cords of wood
and wheeled it into his woodshed, and for
six woeks worked with a spade and mat
tock digging out several wagon loads of
rock from his town lots, where thi.
Spring he has made a fine garden. Bar
ring a certain deafness and a twinge of
rheumatism now and then, he is hale and
well, and likely to round out a hundred
years of useful life. His fine, scholarly
mind is stored with poetry and historv;
he reads every day The Oregonlan edi
torials, and even so latelv as December
29. 1907. had a long article in The Ore
gonlan on prohibition.
After moving away from Marietta, Mr.
Warner's father was called back to de
liver a temperance address In the old
historic Congregational church there, and
now. after three quarters of a Centura,
this loyal son says: "It does not aeenn to
me that there is anything In my life
worth mentioning in print unless It 1.
the fact that I have been a total ab
stainer from the use of tobacco and dl
intoxicating drinks during my period of
91 years. To live such a life 1. some
thing unusual among Journeyman print
ers, and I confess to being proud of th
fact that I have lived so many year
without bringing disoredtt on myself,
distress on my family, or Injury to society
by being Intemperate in food or drink."
the landlord. Is apparent from the follow
ing statement of the rents paid hv a
few of the prominent Arms and corpora
tions. Roos Brothers pay an average of
5h6 a month, they having a graded
lease that runs for 15 years. The White
House will pay about fciOOO a month
tinder a lease running for 20 years. The
City of Paris will pay a monthly rental
of J6000 under a teir-yeans' lease. Davis
Schonwasser & Co. have a SVyears' lease'
under which they pay 500 a month. D.
WaJter will pay J5300 a month.
Houses in the smaller lines of busi
ness pay correspondingly high rents. One
or the prominent hatter pavs Jiocw a
month A firm that dealt in hats and
haberdashery paid $500 a month for a
small store with two narrow little show
windows on Market street near the
Crocker bank. It has closed.
Office rents have been very high. S0
ItJ- fon'h being charged for de
sirable outside rooms. The New York
system of rebates is beln introduced as
"... inducement to tenants. Under this,
while the rental rate is a stated figure,
it is only collected for ten. nine or what
ever portion of the 13 months of the
year is agreed on between landlord and
tenant.
A disturbing incident In labor circles
Just closed was the announcement that
In? mt mP"oyd In the wrecking of the
City Hall are being paid fio cent, and
even, less a day for their work. These
men. according to published reports, art
largely employed In cleaning brick. Tha
maximum they can earn at this work is
75 cents a day. as shown by their affi
davits. One lacking In skill gets 50 cetn.
and there are days when the compensa
tion does not exceed 25 cents. In order
to get even these pitiful wages, the men
axe obliged to work from 7 A. M. to ;
f - M- These starvation waves are due
a measure to the condition, under
which the men work. The contractors,
taking advantage of the distress of the
thousands of unemployed, have fixed a
very low rate per thousand for clean
ing the brick and then require the men
to dig them out or the walls and wheel
them to the place of cleaning.
Mayoralty Candidates Pop rp.
The political associates of Mayor
Taylor have been In a quandary whether
they should bring him out for renomlna
tion at the direct primary or wait until
the November election and put him on
.v Tnera" ticket by petition. But while
the Tayloritea have been procrastinating,
the friends of William Crocker, the mill
man. Whfh annnvAntt.. I .v... a
r --'". i nc inaojng can
didate of the regular Ropublicans and
"u large xoiiowing irom what was
once known as the Lineoln-Roose-elt
League, have been very active. They
are attracting to the Crocker movement
collective and Individual interests that
were with Dr. Tavlnr n,
paign. So far Mr. Crocker Is said tn
have a good lead over Dr. Taylor, but
what will happen In the primary re
main, to be seen. Dr. T. W. B. Leland.
now Coroner and a decidedly popular
politician, is in the hands of his friend,
and If he secures sufticient support, wili
be put forward as an active candidate.
A Pastel.
In green kimonos embroidered with
silver chrysanthemums they brushed their
long locks with brushes of Ivory.
"And In an instant." triumphed tho
younger maid, "he was at my feet."
"Who threw him over?" asked the
older, coldly.
Of course, amongst debutantes, it Isn't
only compliments that fly.
The first application of electric beatinr
for household uae was th electric flat Iron
. . i nunureaai or ttlounnds of
electric flatirona In use In nricat. v.,.. .
laundries. ' "
Is to love children, and no
home can be completely
happy without them, yet
the ordeal through which
the expectant mother must
pass usually is so full of