Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 25, 1891, Page 13

RAILROAD FARES ¥ EUROPE Lower Rates fecured by the Adoption of the Zone Byster. YOW IT WORKS IN AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY | Uhe Resultof Years of Agitation—The Idea Conmdered with Reference America by a Promi- nent to onomist, The adoption of what is called “the yailways of Hung, ing universal attention in Europe, Etates, The subject has long been agitated abroad. 1n 1843 William Galt made a vigorous move ment for lower farcs in England, and sine 1809 leading political cconomists of Austria and other countries have b munding radical reforms a distingushed Austriun 1883, a sy stematic movement which ended in Theodoro Hertzka, the final adoption of his ideas by two Eurovean countrics. Prof. Edmuna J. James of the University of Pennsylvania, contributes to the e number of the “Quarterly Journal of mies’ a brilliant the subject, from tracts are made HUNGAKY ADOPTS Ti: The first step in the direction which ZONE SYSTEM, of u change was the state railway oftice of Hungary, 1 have nc been able tolearn the whole history of th movement within railway circles in Hungar; which ultimate: fment as that finally probable that, the sclentific dis conside with it cause, however, doubtedly to be sought in that circumsta ‘Wwhich has been the occasion nearly all great experiments in way matters; namely, necessity. The coud: tion of the stave roads was far from satisfa ry, aud the condition of the passenge least_sutisfactory element in the case. The total trafic w 1 cost of service, consequently, very hig the rates charged the _circumstan he lowest single ticket was one cent per kilome a long-distance through ticket, third class; i. 0., nearly two cents per mile, first class was nearly four cents, At such prohibitive r very large trafiic could countr die class isby no means poorer class is_very poor, over, the population 1s not dense, c tively speaking, and large citics are number. To how small an extent the v were utilized by the people is sho fact that while Germany had five passen g per head of the population, Hungary only one. ‘The average length of trips in was sixty-one kilometres, wh twas only twenty-eight kilom act which shows that the local wa: fie in Hungary was unusually small, pre vented of course in its growth by the prohib- Itive rates in fore Various attewpts had boen made to encourago the growth of pas- senger trafiic by the introduction of reduced rates in the form of return, excursion, com- mutation and mileage tickets, aud the like, but, although the trafiic responded 1mmedi- the rate of inerease was not such as to show that the hoped for growth in revenue would result at uny near date. ment, therefore, determined upon a ragical change in working out the details of the sys- tom, and luid down certain broad principles to be observed. Oneof the prime obj agement of long-distance trafl pecially the trafic to and fr city, Buda-Pest. In this point the govern- ment was actuated not merely by railroad considerations, though these, too, were in favor of such & volicy, but also by social and fndustrial motives, ~Buda-Pest "is not only the capital city, but it is the metropolis in weulth, indusiry, population, and potitical in- fluenco of the whole state,’ A policy which would secure che actual visiting of this ce ter by largo numbers of the people from the most distant parts of the kinedom could not but result i securing a greater homogeneity in the population, and hasten that fusion of the various elements which is in the interest of all higher development in Hungary. To attain this end, it wis necssary to adopt a system of tarifiication which would climivate as far as possible the element of distance. Tbis would be achieved by muking a long distance rate relatively so low as to cucourage this class of trattic. To traflic, it would also be neces - sary to make a rate which should be not only relatively, but absolutely low,—a rate so low as to bo within the veach of large classes of the population. To prevent an undue bur- dening of local trafe, it would also be neces- sary 1o reduce local rites toa point far below what they bad been before, to make arate which should be within tne reach of every- body. Under the old systemthe peasant who had ten miles to go could far better afford to walk than to pay the rate demanded. Under the new system the rates must be so low that even the day laborer would use the trains from station to station. The new system must also bo a very simple one, great suving 10 administrative supervisiou and in manipulation of tickots aud thelike could be made. Asa ult. of all these considerations the authorities worked ou! ystem of tarifi- cation which seemed to them likely to incor- porate these features. The geueral plan adopted had alveady recerved the name of one-mettiod in the discussions which had oe- curred, from the time of 1570 1f not earlier. As this name was also adopted by the goy ernment of Hungary the system has become known throughout the world as the zone- tarifr s s dotermined upon of \ and well and wher mpar; ilroads us the encour- v, and more es- n the capital tarift system is_not ally 5 cuking, fundamentally different from the mileage system in uso in this country, ex- cept 50 far s a difference of degree may con- stitute a differenco in kind. The system in use in this country 1s that undor which the wile is adopted as the unit of distance. For this unit a normal rate is fixed and the price of ticket is ascertained by multiplying the rate per milo by the number of miles tray. cled, fractions of regarded or considerod as & mile in fixing the prico of a ticket. In the continent the kilometre s usually adopted s the unitof calculation. A foot might be taken as the novmal unit, or two wiles, or ten miles, or any other number. 1t is evident that the exact unit taken will depend ordinarily, or has at least ordinarily dopended, on tho unit of distance most com- monly uséd in descriving journeys ot hours or days Now, the zone tariff system is simply a sys. tem in 'which the unit of distance is & much larger unit than the kilometre or the mile, ‘This will appear more clearly when the Aus- trian zone trifl 1s considered. It is plain, bhowever, in the Flungurian tem also, though it is there subject to important mod fications. For each unit of distanco (or zone) or fraction thereof, from any station a faro of 10 conts is exacted. Thus the fare for one unit and the fraction of another is 20 { for two units and the fraction of an- ) cents; for three umts and fraction of another, 40 cents; and so on up to the cleventh unit, when a sumof 20 cents is charged for cach unit or fraction thereof: with this im- portavt modification, that the thirteenth unit neludes all stations’ beyond the completed twelfth unit. Now, the unit of distanc whtich is taken as thé basis of all tariffs is wgenerally speaking, fifteen kilometres,or nind and thrée-tenths English milos. As the fare charge, therefory, is 10 cents,the fare for nine times that distance and any fract would be 81; that is, one could ride three miles for §, but would also have to pay the same suw if he rode ouly eigh miles. Just so under a strict mileago one would pay, at 8 conts a wil ho rode 10,560 feet, but wouldalso have to pay the same sum if ho rode only 5,381 feet. "Tuis sia plo system is modified w several ways in tho Hungarianimethiod. Thus thefirst unit of distance is twenty-five kilometres (15.525 miles) ; i, e., the fare from uny given polnt to any station not more than 155 miles istant 15 10 cents, but all units after the fivst up to the eloven'th are 15 kilometres, or 0.5 miles. The cloventh and twelfth are cach % kilometres, aud the thirteenth unit in- cludes all stations beyond the elose of the twelfth. ~ For tho eloventh, tweifth and thirteenth units 20 cents each is chargea, waking the maximuw fare to wy station philosophic- mile being dis- ystem on 6 cents if w0ne #ystem” of railrond tarifiication by the state v and Austria s attract- and be- inning to arouse much interest in the United ‘rance, en de- publicist, began in rrent cono- haustive article on the following ex- management to take a positive v led to such a radical ‘-xlw, tis popular and blo to do | cle: 1l, the nois, considering all | d rate for a for The rate for s itis plain that no be developed in a like Hungary, where the great mid- 10 and the fow in | by the The govern- Jithin the kinglom from any other one 0. he last provision, however, is subject to one very important modification ; namely, if the traveler's route lies th igh Buda-Pest must buy . tickes first 1o that place and then anothe from there to tk ion he Wwishes to reich. This may unc cumstances double the fare wuich be wou otherwise have to pay for a jour distance. Budu-Pest is practice therefore, for the application of the sy fog the same effect a8 a boundary L Hungery itself. 1t I8 plain N what prec rates of fare s much lower unc system than they were under the In no cuse beyond the fiest zone do xceed 11 ts per milo, aud for the immenscly gros number of cases they are less than | cent per mile, For the stations beyond 140 miles tho rate per mile decreases with the distance, falling, on the lowest trip which cun be made from, $1.60 to 30100 of a cent, Thisis the rate to Kronstadt, distant from Buda-Pest 454 miles. The great reductions are best seen by com | paring absolute rates uuder the old and new systems. The old rate to Kronstadt was #5.%0; the new rate is 81.60-a duction | %2 t. ‘This is, of course, the extreme reauction, But the reduction to a station miles away is 66 per nt, to a station | mites away over 30 per cent. The averag reduction on local rates is about 40 per cent on the basis of milway estimates, Besides these rates which represent the price paid for a single-trip ticket by any one who chooses to buy, there are also commutation tickets which afford still cheaper rates, Thus from Buda-Pest to Maglod, fourteen miles, one can get a book containing sixty tickets for &3 u little less than by conts per trip books are transferable, and the owner may use them for persons accompanying him. To Aszod, thirty-three miles dista similar book can be vbtained for $0.60, trip. AUSTRIA POLLOWS HUNGARY'S LEAD 1 In turning from the Hungarian to the Aus- trian experiment, one is scruck both by the similarity and zone-systems, t great reduction atos over the old systems, and both are i the gencral plan as well as in the details. Thediffereuces will api rmore rly after a discussion of the Austrian ter isa sort of permanent rivalty be- n_ provinces and Hung in all matters pertaining to industry as politics. When the Hungarian may weat adopted the zone-system, the public in Austria criticised_the Austrian railvoads for their slowness and seeming neglect of public interest. The monagementof tho Austrian roads has been, therclore, somewhat on tho sive. Thonew systom went Austria on June 16, 1560, The basis of rates is very simple. The lowest monetary unit of the country (the kreutzer) combined with the shortest long distance unitof measurement kilometre) is mado the unit of calcula The fundamental rate of caleulation is kreutzer per kilometre, the kreut- being four mills and the kilo- metro wnile. This is equal to a rate of wills per e, The price for second sis double and for first class treblo this These r: ased 50 o privilege of free bag- into operation in tion. one zor sum. for oxpress trains, gage is abolished, If the kilometro wero made computing the price of tickets, this would not differ cssentially from the old sy tem in use. Butin determining the fare tho it of distance is not1, but 10 kilometres all distances unaer 50 kilometres, 15 kilo- tres for all distances between 50 and S0 kilometres, 20 kilometres from S0to 100, and 50 kilometres forall distances over 100 kilo- metres, Thus the farp for tne first unit of distance—i. e., 10 kilometres—is 10 kreutsers; i. e., ton times' the normal rate fixod upon as the unit of culculation. For the second unit the fare is 10 kreutzers additional and s0 on up to the sixth, whero for the sixth and seventh the unit is 15 kilometres and_the additional price is 15 kreutzers. The eighth unit has 20 kilome- tres, and tho additional prico is 20 kreutzers. The'mnth, tenth, eleventh and _twelfth units kilometros, and the additional priceis 25 kreutzers; while after that cach unit has 50 kilometres, and the additional price is 50 kreutzers. “The distance up to 200 kilometres s thus divided into twelve units or zones, and there areas many zones after that asthere are stretehes of 50 kilometres each or fractions thereof. Tickets are sold by zones at tho rate of n 10, the basis of system 1L, 1 30, X. v, 40, X1 Ron 350, 400, ete., kreutzors for the correspondi the number of kreutzers repr the number of kilometres includ end of the respective zone. It will be seon that the system is very sim- ple. The tickets contain the number of the zone, the name of the station of departure, and dlso the nawe of the last station, on all thelines of tho system, in the particular zone to which the ticket en- titles the holder -to transportation. In arranging the zoues, tho whole group of rail- roads in Austria to which this method ap- plies is_considered as one system or road, Tables showing the actual distribution of stations among the zones are posted in all the stations so that the traveler can seoata glance for what zone ho must take a ticket. The variety of tickets is very small compared with the old plan. The system is still further simplified by the fact that two third class tickets may be presented 1n lieu of one second class, and threo thira class in liew of one first class. This enables small stations to get along with one kind of vickets —a great advantage from the point of administration Tt is plain from the above statement that the Austrian system differs in _some mpor- tant respects from tho Hungarian. In the first place, it doos not favor long distaneco traftic to such an extent as the latter. one may ride in Hungar ometres for 400 kreutzers, 1t costs kreutzers to ride that distaice in Austria. On the other hand, it never costs more than that in Austria; while in Hungary, it half the routo lie on one side of ~Budu-Pest { the’ other half on the other, it would cost 800 kreutzers for the samo'dis- tance. Tho regular rates in Austria for dis- tances up to 225 kilometres are cheaper than in Hungary, A ticket for 210 kilometres in Austria costs 250 kroutzers; in Hungar, for 110 kilometres in Austria, 12: in gary, 175; for 75 kilometres in’ Austria, 80; in Rungary, 125, Tne differences between the prices for the frst zone areslightly in favor of Hungary. 1f one wishes to £o, say 24 kilo- metros, the cost in Austria would bo 8, and in Hungary 25 kreutzers, The local traftic tickers in Hungary and the general commuta- tion ticketsin Austria reduce tho rates for short trips very cousiderably below the zone rates. The smaller units adopted by Austria in tho new zones are a favor to_local traffic, which is, perhaps, not exceeded by theexcel- leut local traffic tickets in Hungary. The churge for baggage iu Austria is also dotermined necording to a different principlo from that m Hungary. A uniform charge of 210 kreutzer per kilogietre is made for each ten kilograms of baggage. This makes small trunks forshort distances cheaper than in Hungary, and large trunks for long distances aearer, Thus atrunk weighing 20 kilograms would costin Hungary 50 kreutzors for 7 Kilowetres; in Austria it would cost ouly 3 kreutzers. Ou the other hand, a trunk weighing 150 kilograms would cost 400 kreut. zers n Hungary for 781 kilometres, while in Austria it would cost 1,193 kreutzers, or five times us much. If we tako the avorage length of atrip in Hungary under the old system, 61 kilometres, as a basis of compari- son and 50 kilograms bs the average amount of baggage carried, the differenco would ap- pear to be us follows: In Hungary the fare Tor ticket, Including the ~charge for baggage, would be 150 kreutzers; in Austria it would be 150. Taking the average trip in Austria, kilometres, as the hasis, the rato would be: In Hungary, 75 kreutsers ; in Austrin, WITH NEPERENCE 10 AMERICAN ROADS. Before closing, it may be worth while to consider briefly what beaving all this move- ment in Europe has on our own railway prob- lems, As said dbove, our system of rm\wuy fares is constructed on thesame principle as that of most Kuropean states, It is based on the mileage meothod. A rateis fixed permile, and the fare is determined by multiplying the number of miles to be traveled iuto the rate per mile. Thesystomis modified in many ways by the application of limited, commuta- tion, excursion, package, return, company, servant, 1,000-mile tickets, aud 50 on, but the princile remains the same. ‘This method can certainly not ve justified frow the standpoint of “cost of service,” since the costs of transportation do not increase in proportion to the mileage. It doos not cost & railroad twice as much to carry o passenger two miles s one. It cannot be justifiea on aecount of the value of service to the traveler. The value of & trip to him who bas to make it 20n0s ng also up to the depends on the person to be seen, the bu: ness to be dcne, the place to be visited, and noton the number of miles to be covered in etting there. Indeed, one may say that the nger the journey, the valuabie the ser- since it wastes the time of the one who must make it. Cortainly, thousands of jour- neys are made nowadays which would not be made ¢ we had not the rajlroads: and equally cortain is it tnat thousands and thousands of journey's which it does not now pay to make would bemade if the rallways wero faster and the fare cheaper. e prosent system has not given us cheap fares as shown above. It has not led to what may be called a general use of the railway. Tho United States can show only about six passengors per hiead of the population. When one conslders that in this return are included all the commutation ticket passengers, one sees how little use the great mass of the' peo ple make of the railwa It hins not led to a reasonadie utilization of train facilities, According to the last report of the interstate commerce commission the average number of passengers per train in thiscountry during the last year was ouly 42, Theaverage number of passenger cars per train is three and one-half; i. e., for two undred seats there are ouly 42 passengers. The railroad could carry three times os many | passengors on the average, without any in- crense in investment or operating. expenses. | "T'he 3 cents a mile demanded of the occasional pussenger is an exorbitant price, considering the means at the disposal of the average per- son for milroad riding. Mr. Atkinson states that the average product of the people of the United States is ouly 40 cents per day; i e., it would takethe whole average daily pro- ductof a family of fiveto trav thirteen miles on the railway. With $2 per day astho product of sucha family, thereis tly little left for 1 rising at & A mile, after all the necessary expenses are paid There are two points in the deyelopment of every business where the profits of the business would be the same, namely, the point of relatively small business and high profits on each transaction, and that of large business and small profit on ecach transac- tion. There is no reason in the nature of business why & man having reached the former should go to the latter. But there is a great reason, from the point of view of pub- licinterest, why he should doso. Our gen- eral economic theory takes for granted that competition will . force business along this. line. Even if this be true, generally, every one would acknowledge certain exceptions to it. Allwould ugree that it would not be true in the absence of competition. ‘I'he railronds are, of cour for nine-tenths of their t absolutely without competitors, It is neces- sary, then, for tha public to interfere, and compel the railroads to advancealong the line whither they would be driven by competi- tors. Speaking generally, one miay say of American as of European slow service and costly se ought togive fast, service and cheap service. What system should be adopted to reach this end railroad en s should determine. ‘Tho public should insist that the end be reached. -— HONEY FOR THE LADIES. Flirting is a penal offense in Japan. Itis acurious fact thatall the girls lead in Wellesley college are blondes. A New York spinster proposed marriago to a doctor of that city, and the man of pills had her arrested. who (ireen appears to be the coming color and already a great deal of it is scen made up inte véry stylish dresses. For evening dresses feather trimmings ap- pear to be in general use for balls, and white and very light furs will also be much seen. Henri Labouchere declares that American women do not, as & rule, dress well; they ress expensively, and are the slaves of williners, Muffs are seen everywhere, And good, large, sensible, usefullooking muffs, too. "Tho birds have had to eont=ibute Loavily. y the fashioa, A woman living on Cape Cod reckons in her life work as a bousekecper the making of 4,000 loaves of bread and 14,000 doughnuts. She took care of a family of three and took i washing at the same time, Tu Germany 5,500,000 women earn their liv- ing by industrial pursuits; in England, 4,000,000; in France, 3,750,000; in Austr Hungary, about the same, and in this coun- try, including all occupations, over 2,700,000, Mrs. William Morris, wife of the London artist, poet and sociaiist, is said to_be the most beautiful woman in the world. She goes out but little and is rarely seen by the multitude who visit her husband. The iater- iorof tho house is ly attractive on account of the of herself painted by Ross Something that commends itself is the En- glish purse glove for shopping and morning wear. In palm of the lett hand glove is placed alittle purse, fastened by ilyer frame, which opens casily and closes 1 Small as it looks, this purse holds quite casily, and without the leas ience to the wearer. The lutest London fad at small dances is for the hostess to have provided a plentiful supply of hot milkand seltzer, with which to regale her guests upon the eve of de- parture, to guard against cold on the homie- ward drive, The milk, having been heated almost tothe boiling point, 18 poured into a long ¢lass, into which a heaping tabies poon- fulof sugar 1s lightly stirred anda small quantity of seltzer is frothed from a siphon. Ball gowns are once more made long. Vel vets, soft bengalines, rich brocades,and erepo de clune are worn by married women :chiffon, thin creps and occasionally tulle, by girls, Bodices and skirts are often made in one. Basques are surrounded by a bouillonne and a frill of flowers, Bodicesare full and arawn in at the waist on cords or held in by a cors letbelt of cloth or gold. Skirts are made sim- ple, with a ruche at the front, and there is no possible doubt that paniers are to be the mode of the immediate future, Lady Londonderry, wife of the ex-lord licutenant of Ireland, is counted oue of (he handsomest women in England, although her face lacks animation or expression. She was before her marriage Lady Theresa Talbot and is the eldest daughterof the carl of Shrewsbury. Her two sisters are also well known beauties. ‘The marchioness is a great favorite of the prince of Wales and he and other members of the royal family are often entertained at Winyard hall, the marquis’ family seat in South Durhan; Buttons are once more begivning to assert themselves on outdoor jackets, and fortunate is the woman who has treasured up old rare sets of them. The Princess of Wales has o peuchant for artistic buttons, and has the finest collection of jeweled gold, silver and carved buttons in the world, including a set. consisting of crimson carbuncles set in oxid- ized silver, recently presented by her sister, the empress of Russia. The Empress Eu- genie has a set of beautiful red pearl carved buttons that graced her colored riding habits in the days of the empire. Some very delicate freezing may be done, and is being done right along, by skiliful letter-writers. Omit your address from the politest and_most formal note you can write and the intelligent recipient will understand that he or she has outlived the welcome of vour hospitality. Cut the engraved address from the letterhead and the cut becomes au insult. Another indication of social paralysis is the omissiou of all subscri 5 eveu the stercotyped, *Yours incon: gether is “‘the unkindest cut of all. A correspondent calls attention to the fact that Mrs, Harrison has made a fresh depart- ure in the social code of the whito hous Last year she decreed that atstate receptions the Feceiving party should mavch down stairs in matrimonial couples; each cabinot officor ascorted his own wWife Tistoad of some other cabinet oficer's wife. Tuis year she has decreed that at state dinners sho shall be escorted to dinner immediately aftar the preident and the lady ho takes out, instead of golng out, us other hostossos do, afterall their guests. At this rate things will soon be so fixed that a man will be unable to get away from his wife at all, The prettiest toilet tables now have tops of plate glass with beveled edges. Such make a very showy background for all the glitter- ing impedinients with which the woman of fashion likes to litter her dressing room. This mirror effect s & popular one. Froquently a mirror is let in at the end of a hall in modern houses, producing very handsomely the de- lusion of a vista of pretty rooms. Off from their dressing rooms, some women who carry the operation of gowning themseives to the verge of art, huve had bullt, small closet-like rooms, lined on every slde with the finest re- flecting glass, and lighted from above b electricity. Into this inclosing mirror, mad amo steps after the last lock _of hair nas been arranged and the last fold of the gown ad- justed, trusting to its many-sided views for accurate criticlsm, DIME EDEN MUSEE JANUARY WEEK OF 206. WILL LAWLER, - - Corner 11ith and Farnam Sts, MANAGER. OMAHA, NEB. The GREAT MASTODON KENTUCKY Mr. Craig wears a solid gold combination badge, which cost $2350, presented to him at the Centennial Fxposition, Pa., 1876, by his brethren of "Adherdnt Lodge, No. 124, K. of P., Silcox Lodge No. 123, I O. O, F, and Tribe, No 49, Improved Order of Red- Philadelphia, Tuscarora men, which is a beauty, and in itself worth inspec tion. Mr. Craig is edged the world over to be acknowl- the biggest man on carth, He is the biggest Odd Fel- low, the biggest K. of P, and the biggest Redman living. He also belongs to the Masonsand the Knights of shown marked Honor, and has been courtesie by all of his wherever he visits. HIS WIFE is 27 years of age, and brethren weighs but 130 pounds. HIS CHILD is 6 weeks old and weighs A~ V) ~ 17 pounds, giving promise | 7 of being a second Craig. Millions have lived since creation, but Craig IS THE BIGGEST VAT o y\mr n:t};: D 3 AWSANEr T8 it medical world. : His equal never yet born. He entertaining, and asks all has the rare art of friends and lodge brethren to call on him. JOHN HANSON CRAIG The Ninteenth Century Wonder, IN OUR BIJOU AND VAUDEVILLE THEATRES FRANKIE THE HALLS Introducing the Lat-st Original Specialty--The L'ghtning Make up. Kittie Morris - Henry Williams. The Greatest Itlsh Team Traveling. THE FAMOUS BILLY YOUNG, Lats of McCube & Young's Minstrels, in his pleasing black face comedies, THERE BEST ENTERTAINMENT OF of curbstono and broken into guttors and boles and_half-finished sew- ers. T broke two gates off their hinges n o mad rush to get out of the reach of ferocious dogs. 1 broke my temper i soveral places and broke the skin on my nose when I ran acamsta clothesime. 1 broke everything but good news down in that part of tho ity Mr. Hans Peterson uad lived there six months before, the gentleman said at the last place T catled, but he had moved away. Ho wasn’t the man 1 wanted, anyway, for ho was only about forty. and wasn't deaf. idewalk. T fell HUNTING FOR HANS PETERSON. The Experience of a Bae Reporter After ‘A Good Story." SOME GOOD NEWS THAT CAME TOO LATE. A Search Through the City on & Stormy Night for an Heir an Unclaimed Fortune. street, several biocks south of Pierce. | took the broncho motor that runs on the Ninth ana Pacific street line and arrived at tho end of that route at 9:45. It proved to be an easy matte house 1 was searching for however, as com Corby str neat, hom o find the 1 this instance, ared with the experience on A brisk rap on the door of the like cottago was answered by a wom ng: “Who's there!" “A reporter for Ttk Beg," “What do you want!" I wish to see Mr. Hans P +Ho is not at home; he is in Chicago,” “Will you tell me, please, in what business Mr. Peterson is engaged “ile is a tailor.” “A tailor!” 1 repeated, with a trinmph. *“The very man | amafter, He has gone to Chicago to see Atwell, the law- yer,” thought 1, as I recovered my- self for another question, hoping that I might induce the lady to open the door that Imight witness her joyful surprise when I tola hor about the fortune that awaited them In answer to my request the door was opened and I saw thiat the fair- dy to whom I had been talking was very much frightened, 5o T said mildly When I reported at the ofice at 7 o'clock it was with the hope that the assignments might be fow on the book for that night. [ wished that a few regular meetings, the usual run of hotel rotundas and the police station might make up the mght's work for the en- tire reportorial force. Some of the reporters were fortunate in finding opposite their mames single assign- mentsof indoor work, bit T found the followi rg note from the city edltor: “Find Hans Pe rson and write a good story about him. clipping on your hiok." The chpping which T foundon my desk was from a Chicago paper, and read as fol- lows: *‘Mr. Henry Atwell,sn attorney who has an officoin the Hale building, received a letter from his correspondent in Stockholm about tureo weeks ago, stiting that a wealthy Swede nameda Peter Hansen had died lea ing a fortune of about §00.000 to tb nephiews. Two of the beneficiaries ha been found in Philagelphia, but the thir and oldest of _the famfly *drifted west some vyears ago, and is betiovéd by the brothers in Philadelphia that he loeated w_ Chicago In the tailoriug busines. “M¥. Atwell has made careful inquiry concerming this man, whoso name is Hans Peterson, and s convinced thatie has traced him % Omaha, but as yet no dofinite word from bim has been received. He isabout sixty years oldand is quite deaf.’ 1 had to find, through the rain and the mud and the darkness, an old man whose name ap- peaaed 1o the city directory twenty-seven times in_as many loeations, scattered over the city, and I had just six hours in which to find him'and “write o good story about him. "' Carefully selecting the only thirteen Hans Petorsons among whom could possibly be the man I wanted to find I jotted down thelr addresses, Selecting the four most likely to be my man I decided to call on them first. The one who appeared to my mind's eyeus tho most likely of them all lived, so the directory said, on Corby street near the Missouri Pa- cific tracks. 1 took a Sterman avenue motor and went whirling away on my errand of joy to break the nows of sudden and unexpected fortuno, of future comfort and happiness to a poor,old deaf tailor named Hans Petorson, But I didu’t break the news to anybody on lower Corby street. 1stumbled over heaps thrill of at this hour of the night, hut I am looking for a Mr. Haus Peterson, who formerly liv in Stockholm and who has two brothers ti ing 1 Philadelphia. His uncle has died leaving him 890,000, “My husband never lived in Stockholm and I don’t think he has any brothers living “The man I am looking for about sixu years old and he is quite deal,” I continued, still hoping that I bad the right track, “He1s not my husband,” the lady said romptly, and a little indignantly.” My husband is not so old as that and he is not deaf.” A fow more questions—thie answer to each sending my hopes lower and lower in the scale of anticipation —satisflied me that tho Mr. Hans Peterson I wished to find did not live at that place so I tound my way back to the mule motor. It was 10:30 o'clock when I took the South Omaha motor train for Vinton street to find Hans Peterson No. 8. Tho gentleman lived, accordiug to the directory, about two blocks south of Vinton "on Nine- teonth street, After an experience somew hut similar to that 1 had on Corby street, 1 suc- ceeded in finding the house in which Mr. Haus Poterson hved, and stood back from the street or road about twenty yards, As I approached the house a huge Newfoundiand dog sprang out fr low shed and barred my way, Some exce The next man on my list lived on Sixth | JAMES [ THE CARPENTER SISTERS, In thHir Nov Ity Hoop Dance. THE GLEASON CHILDREN, Liliputian Song and Dance Artists HATCH & CAMPBELL, Musical Marvels, dono credit to the soldiers at the front ended in a cessation of hostilities after I had been driven from the yard. While deliberating as to the bost mothod of procedurel heard a footstep, and turning [ met a man comine down the road carrying a large bundle of merchandise. 1asked for Hans Peterson “That's my name,” said the gontleman," coming elosdr and peering into my face, “Did you ever live inStockholm!" “Yes, sir. 1 was born thore.”? “Haye yousome brothers in Philadelphia?” o, sir. I havo only one brother and he lives in Chicago.” T then explained to Mr, Peterson my er- rand, qud when [ had finished ho said: 1 know the man you are after. Helives down 0y t astellar school, or did live there last spring. His house is about one block west of the school,” Now, I felt that T had a clue. Iwas on tho right track aud I hastened back to the Vinton street motor line and boarded the first train that went north, When the car had gone about three blocks and turned on Sixteenth street it suddenly came to a stop. Noone got ou or off and the lights went out. The cur- rent had failed, and I realized that the train as dead. “How long willyou wait here?' 1 asked the conductor. Jutil the current is turned on." “And when will that be?" in Philadelphia,” said the lady, hesitatingly. | It was a small cottage | “ A ingly lutricate maneuvers that would uw.] business” part of the proposition, “Don't know." 1 got out and started down Sixteo foot. When I had traveled three-qu a mile,aud was turning from Six upon Casteliar 1 looked back and train 1 had abandoned comi down the hill about two bloc: Th th on rters of ith strect saw tho it great speed s behind e t is the usual luck of a reporter when in a “You will please excuso this peculiar visit | soon passed the Castellar school called at o hoyse wiere tho people had not ot vetired for the night. 'T'hgyoung man who answered my kuock at the door safd that Hans Poterson biad,several months provious, lived in a smatl hut in that block, but he had vod away and he did notknow where ho nad gone. At several other places I roceived the same information. Continued disappoint ment seomed inevitable and that “good story about him" seemed to be drifting rapidly away. As Istood on the corner editating upon_what Ishould do the wind and the drizzling rain seemed to_mock my efforts, | was just about to start for anothier house to make further inquiry when I heard a couple of footmen coming along the walk. “They were boys about fourteen years old. As they drew uear I heard ome say: ‘‘But wasn't the old duffer deaf, though! Couldn't hardly hear 1t thunder, 1 don't blieve." “He was deafer'n old man Peterson,wasn't ot sald tne second speaker, and the words fell upon my ears as welcomely s the t of the dinuer horn upon a hungry hired wan “Good ¢ g boys,” I said, s the two approuct ould you tell me where old man Peterson, the deafl tailor hves “You bet I can,” responded the smaller one. “He lives over near Shecley station, about a mile from here,” “And coula you take me to the place!” “Yes, I could for good, hard mun," said tho youthful guide, coming atonce to the and | Hans Pe THE YEBAR. “How much will you take to show me the way to his house!? *‘Half a dollar,” sald the hoy. “It's a bargain,” said I, and a mont later wo were trudging westward over the rough- est, darkest road within the el limits ot Omah: Most of the w obhged ta travel in the middlo of the a streots, over hills anducross ravines, through mud half a foot deep. After & jaunt of half an hour we came to a little, cottage in an open space back from tho stroot. ST guess the old man ain't gone to bod yet," said the boy as we approached the housd, for there was a light in the window. “Ho seoms to have company,”’ T suggested 05 wo drew near and could 5o several men insido the small front room. A rap on the door brought @ ponse_by o mid- die-aged man, evidently a Swede, whe grected us in & low tone of voice, and thon asked us to atep in. “Does Mr. Hans Peterson, the tailor, liva hera?" I inquired, not wishing to waste any time. “This is where he used to live,” snid the man at the door, “but—but he died’ today.” I entored the room and viewed tho re. us. Thoe appearanco of the corpso indi- cated that he hud reached about the age of sixty years. 1 inquired into the history of the deceased, and one of the men seor ta know him quite intimately. Ho convinced me in @ moment that the corpse which lay before meo w that the man 1 was seoking, T disclose the object of my call, and gave the astonished fricnds the address of the Chi. cago attorney who first gave out the impor- tant information Fortune, like the laggard she sometimes proves to be, had 100 late to comfort son, the deaf tailor. Upon his cold and pulselcss ears the information I had sought 80 eagerly to impart fell like a forvent supplication upon the head of & pagan gods No light of sudden joy shone in the eyes for- over closed to this world. 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