The evening world. Newspaper, December 25, 1905, Page 14

! The EVening” World's’ Home latter, VOLUME 46... sessoessssssscrrsesensseesnsereseseee NO, 16,106, y Entered at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Class Mall a ; f What People Pay for Street-Car Monopoly, franchise-grabbers for modest bribes. The “water” got into the system by degrees. The original bonds built the original roads. Every re- organization meant a “recapitaliza- tion.” When you pay a fare you pay for the cost of the road as it is and for its cost as it was. You pay a profit upon rails that are rust, horses | that are dust and cars that are kindling wood. You pay for “water” upon water, and for mist veils wreathing the water and for the impalpable, ~tnvisible vapor of values lighter and more ethereal than all, The people might be getting three-cent fares, or half rates to school- children, or more generous transfer privileges, and they wouldn't need “municipal ownership” to get these things, either, All hese service bene- fits combined would still leave a handsome profit upon honest capital, The bogus, the dishonest, the corrupt capitalization of the city dweller's hard necessity of riding to his work amounts to $100 for every individual—to $500 for each average family, The extra, the unnecessary, the extortionate taxation of every family by the transportation companies costs every year two-thirds as much as the school system of the city; costs that enormous sum over and above an honest profit upon an honest capital, What it costs in overcrowding and discomfort, in pneumonia and consumption, in fatigue and wasting strength in delicate victims of bridge crushes and car crushes, no man can calculate. Yet in New York we cheerfully go to the polls every year to vote | for boughten bosses, and build bonfires of victorious rejoicing at the news that the despoilers and the exploiters of the city have once more won it as their prey. F Little indeed in common sense is “little old New York!” Vas there ever such a Christmas before? Was ever the weather more pro- pitious for preparation beforehand? Were such things ever before seen in Man hattan's shopping streets at midnigit as last Saturday? Was so much money ever spent upon gifts, in charity? Christmas as a tremendous fact in trade and in the | life of all the people is “growing up with the city.” Rarely has Brooklyn had a Christmas gift which it will more appreciate than| ft will the news that Mike Dady is down and out—if he is, Boston's Mayor-elect, an ordinary politician, said recently that he intended to inject some of our “snap” into the Massachusetts capital, President Eliot, a Massachusetts spokesman of a different order, said at the dinner of the New England Society: There is now {n Massachusetts no liberty for adulterated ar spofled foods, drinks or drugs; no liberty to spread contagious diseases; no liberty for public service corporations to Issue stocks and bonds at thelr pleasure; no liberty to con- duct in secrecy the business of banks, savings banks, Insurance companies, trust companies or transportation companies. In Massachusetts government still stands for honesty and the rights} of the people, for the common interest and not the special interests of | capitalists. In Massachusetts laws are not drafted on stock tickers, State All the local transit lines of New | York could be replaced for one hun- dred million dollars, They pay 4 per cent, profit upon five hundred millions, The difference is the value | of the franchises in the streets, in the public property which bat-eyed corruptionists in office have sold to ‘| Letters Po the Eaittor of The Even When a young m 4 gentleman friend, meets a lady fren and he introduces the man to the | fs ® proper Gor the man introducing raise his hat aa the oller does when 8 is introduced? cw Subway Roviy lem. To the Bitar of The Evening World I read the letter of B. K. R. about the rough treatment he receives at the hands of hoodu: in the subway at Fourteenth street and wish t ay that ig World ¥, to street is not the State, Boston may need “New York snap.” New York certainty needs) Massachusetts public spirit.: The only people who aren't particularly merry are the haggard, overworked | Post-Office men, S aaaaaaaaeentoll this Is not due to viclousness on the part of the hoodiwma. This is a station where many com rs change from the Jocal to express trains in order to eaten their train at the Grand Centr and one minute at Fourteenth atreet may mean @ @ifference of half an ho and often more to them. If peoplel from the travel In the forward part of the mar eyes open. B. KL tins, and avoid Moont V _Modesine, Monday — By J. Campbell Cory. 6 troubled, as st “| the E idge. I am ou 0 the Betiter of The Dver T want to tell you what happ ‘PD me yewterday at the Manhattan en of business now | detng too old to attend to It terday something called m Thumbnail Sketches. . Sever: Senator A. J. Bevertéye. Favor!te Sport—Creating sound-waves, Favorite Tack—Assisting destiny. Favertte Book—'The Ohtld Beautiful.” Favorite Author—Cushing. Favorfe Art\st--Demosthenes, Favorite Frutt~The immature pippin. Plant~Perennial climber, tte Vehicla—The gas-balloon. isioal Instrument~The pronoun I aracter in History-The Boy Chatterton Evening; December 25, 1905 _ “How Happy Could I Be with Either, Were t’Other Dear Charmer Away!” NEW YORK THRO’ FUNNY GLASSES aS XX SNOWY People ~ Answers to Questions An Old Man's Accident. from Brooklyn, and on my returao I wok the Pulton street ¢rain at tie Bridge I fek through the space there Is between the car platform and the bridge platform and hurt myeelf Some one kindly took hold of me and helped ine up, It ought to be made so | that @ person could mot fall in eveh in - | way Don't you think #0? JOHN TOOTHILL. A Lesson in Manners Needed. To the Biltor of The World: | L appreciate the correspondent's eom- | Pladnt about growing boys who act Like hoodlums on the Suoway expresses. My | dresa wns badly tom in ane of their football rushes to board « train et Four- teenth etreet the other night. Can't « vg polloaman be put on duty there, Mr. McAdoo? One or two clutbings end an arrest would give a fine lesson in cency and manners to these young rut: By 1. $, Cobb, HERE was a man w lived in one of those mateh-safes which tn ct Harlem are called fla It was a fine place to live if you didn't get Any inflammatory diseases. ‘Che dining-room was almost as large jand bright as the cléwet under the front stairs where they keep the gum Overshoes and the umbrellas in a real home. The bedroom greatly eug- | gested an upper berth, except that when you pressed the button you got # dumbwaiter instead of a porter. Need {t be said that the man worked on | a salary? And 60, being on a salary, he started oul right after Thanksgiving hy deciding that he wouldn't give any Christmas presents to anybody this year, It was 9 foolish, expensive habit anyhow, and vobody exceps chire dren under seven, who stil! believed in Santa Claus, had any right to cele- brate tt, and the whole observance of the holida degenerated into a mercenary proposition and—but what's the use? Every man who ever tried to make a dollar buy 75 cents’ worth In New York knows the argument by heart, But along about the 15th of the month somebody in the office—it was the cheerful idiot in the made tie who always gets up subscriptions and belongs to a society whose members sit up with the sick—he started a little | paper around, the purpose of said paper being to buy a gold-headed cane for the Old Man, who only had six gold-headed canes already. Our hero didn’t feel like hanging back. 80 he chipped in his share, Thon the first deputy cheerful idiot suggested that it wouldn't do to overlook the Indy, bookkeeper, and he kissed another bill good-by, Once having forsaken the straight and narrow, the rest was easy, He decided that he might as well buy a little plece of jewelry for his wife;) but he didn’t buy such a very little plese, because the wise shopgirl saw him first and sized up hie pile by mental processes, and sawed off some thing large, spangled and axpensive on him. After that he concluded ta ‘unbuckle slightly for the benefit of the home-folks and @ lot of plain and fancy mixed relatives. By this time his roll was reduced to a emall pale green core. But was he through? Not at al]. He wasn't through yet, You could have found him Saturday, at the eleventh hour, playing Com sack among the Moujiks at the department store, trampling down the weak, the sickly and the halt, a8 he fought his way to the front to buy things for the couple who used to live naxt door to him in Thirty-fourth street and for the fellow in Fort Wayne who gave him such « dandy present when he got married and has been collecting annual interest on it ever since, and for a whole slew of people whose first names he has forgotten, and for every! body else he can think of. It will be July, 1906, before his wallet beging to fill out again, THB FUNNY PART: He'll be do!ng the same thing over again this time next year, Popular Science Notes. S tis winter to be unusually severe? Some of the unoficial weather prophets I Delieve that st will, and give as reason for their faith the fact that the southern part of the Arctic Ocean haa been sealed with ion at an extraordinarily early rancleop whalers tn {ts toils. ‘The belief 4s very, | genera) that an earty formation of {oa in the southern part of the Agctto Ocean presages an uncommonly severe winter further wouth, or that this ice formation may in kiself be a cause of the increased cold A new type of bullet, known as the D," is betng served to the Frenct infantry. This projectile consists of @ cigar-shaped cylinder of bronge, instead Of Inad, and is cased with nickel. On belng fired it revolves at the rate of 8,60 turns a second during Might, sys the Chimgo Tribune, At 80 yards it will penetrate the equivalent bulk amd resistance of #ix man, etanding one behind another, One of the most prolific of fivhes is the turbot. The number of eggs in five specimens examined by @ scientist receuUly varied from over 6,000,000 to more than 10;600,000, ‘The heaviest of these specimens weighed only twenty-one pounda, and the belief !s expressed that large epecimens are still more fertile. ———$ oo —____. Turtles as Motive Power. i the North Borneo Herald it ts recorded that two Fngl!shwomen, Mrs, McEnroe and Mrs. Darby, recently paid a visit to the lonely tsland of Tage anac, Among other adventures there the two sat up one night to watch fos turtles, and at midnight saw a large one come out of the sea on to the aands, When it was returning to the water, frst Mrs. Darby and then Mrs, MeEnro¢ fans SA LEAGIRL, ~ mounted on Its back and rode for some distance. % WONDERFULLY SPIRITED AND INTERESTING. A LIVING ROMANCE OF WILD NATIVES AND WIDE DISTANCES t 1905, by Little, Brown & Co, (Copyri Mg a fair show. Now, as judge, sure incorruptible and nigh BYNOPSIS OF P Geb a Ci'noe tous gang, “Come to the polnt,” says Sprynkes ' “Buy, enya 1, "t Judge Sprmkes finds that the late Mr. Ryan met hie te i George *t) death {na falr duel with Balshannon— Beles 5] oe a jalshan Well?’ “Then there's a citizen named Speynkes who's apt to be reminded by the Ryan estate that he owes a heap money On that we had considerable rough ise, until the judge ealled the meet- hg to order. 1 he remarked, sort ¢ casual, that he knew a@ citizen ed Sprynkea who was apt to shoot at wight when he met up with a certain x notorious horse thiet called Chalkeye 01 Ryan ia the Ja ork milifonalre 80 my evidence n was'set aside, T was pitched on: urt, and for the shad to keep w wary eye CHAPTER XVI. Mostly Chalkeye. rynkes, He was an awful! ss of my near eve has Jed tol man, and mbstly always T t of mistakes on my part, epe-| missed; but once I got @ bullet througa | clally ow 1 miste brands|my bat, af r Sprynkes ad- on cows a ses, th t they be-| mitted to his that he preferred longed to me Jopted the poor|# restful landscape and @ less bragng lone oritiers—t ways been fond of/ climate beyond the range of my guns— animaie, anyway. Again, 1 argue that | so he pulled out for Yuma, and I saw & person with two eyes had ought to| his kind face no more seo much more truth than T can with Now, I don’t want to say anything only one eye; hut [ don't find that folks! unkind about Judge Sprynkes, or his re liberal in making allowances, They | jury, or his witnesses, in that inquest all me hard names intend on Mr. Ryan; but for Jim's Now, thet was especially the case over needful to point out some fa ch thy Ryan inquest, 1 fled that og, Were remarkable, Of the people who Man Ryan died a natum! death, be- | Sayed in the “Sepulchre’ saloon to at- enuse it would have been co: tend the gunfight, elght were unable natural for Raishannon to m tm at| to testify, being, dead, three because five paces, Moreover, as T saw things, {ey had gone to hospital, two because Jia never fired at ail until Ryan was Wore eimaeed alaywnere at Ta Mo @ead, and ond; began to xhoot when he r 6, which Is me, on account Jefective vision. Of the rest, the st part lit ot from Grave City and totally disappeared. ‘There remained Jr, Michael, two bartenders and four ' #, the only people who gave evidence. These witnesses ewore on at Jim came to the gun-fight @aw young |Micheel turning » battle. Judge Sprynkes, Actin stant Deputy-Corner, allowed th had been a whole jot present at the Aight, and was entitled to my one-eyed Point of view; but then, he remarked fo the jury that the witness was well | ctionded by Curly MeCalmont and ten * known to have suah a defective vision4 masked robbers, They also swore on f with rogard to cows that the evidence) oat) that Jim fired the first shot, killing \ Was tarnished on the point at Issue. Mr. Ryans _Pdadee” anya 1 “ia la ® court of) ‘The Court returned a verdict that . " , ‘ | George Ryan came t ands of James dy and rece ommended his arrest upon the charge of deliberate wilful murde | 1am not complaining, The Court rep- rewented the majesty of the people and | I may thet august flag, Old Glory, waving »/2° above us, It was @ right justice had stray for a while, T I rec igh Ce ppreased, to vind! ed swabs, ilars a friends We i at the so Good morning, Ryan,” says 1, but I kept my voice all smooth for fear of rucking up my temper to eo advan- uae. u ‘Good morning. sit,” saya Ryan, "I come to congratulate you” ways me, for I ve ath at the liberal way ¥ been sciing. “lL thank you. Mr, Davies," says he | Don't mention tt,” kindness to you, and Tj) don't alm for cash or thanks in what hig gun, which was 1 apt to get (atal, only grabbed him before out and g ‘says Ryan, “This man | ulate you on the ave them As Kets * said the Maretal, ; if I hear any con- al Ba ats says 1, ‘for 11 vould be tmpos | way you as- and “them poor ne any contempt of oly ahares my “Let Me Be!” Says Ryan, lemon," y of whe may I dress.” ways I,“ feeling unwell ep outside with y exe A Tale of the Arizona Desert eS~ and I'd like to see everybody | Man Insults Me!” ou feol any | contpany, and I'm alming to refresh my | was out of range, but nobody offered hose in Uw open.” L paced ba r by wiep, through the door, "AM live, will be Las a iltry, with Just Saline, and there you'll find a man who "Tt any Of you | cayn’t see to tell the truch, but can see ho lot to shoot. | a oem, ‘on that the funeral ceremonies in honor of the late Mr. Ryan and _Crlends made an event in the annals of care City, The caskets and wreaths, t ‘pr othe end: with lttge type, th sion Was great, and |pited rooks to keep off wild = By Roger Pocock he Weekly Obituary pointed out 10. evropt but one has to try and think of 1 variable Our town men {h s fou Ling selt- hased around byl y they hooked to onvenient at the with ths Breath of laine by Way of excuse for a climate. here's a sort of comfortable, smelic your-fiture-home feeling agout ol Aris for me, I had got mysel eed | 2000 Which attracts much ducks. Anys ao weole Tot, oc tf Fat Mysele disiticed | here alae they would get ther necks Moat decent not te attend the exercises. | #tvetctied, but in Arizona they can eleod T had a feeling that 1f called upon to| Mises fod police out of thelr own feply to any shooting I inight disturb] tribe. ‘Then '¢ happen to indulge the harmony which should always at) | in o little bigamy or thieving of shoot. lend a seene of public grief. Besides! mg, the lawyers get them off. that, it fell to me to arrange the bumal| love the law whic them w ot my old patrone, whi it was dim. coring, hearse: funeral fixtures neaged ial Fy, and Wkewise wiso the grave-yard, 1 had to go with- ye, and if there’ out. Moreover, the co ys wore o our friends, not mealy away at work on the round-| ; gers. We uo't claiming up, ao IT only caught eight of my trive| to be abiding cllizens when we to help me. We lald our friend on a] know the judge for a sure-thing blanket, then four of us gripped the the lawyers for runaway 0 comers up to the horns of our saddles and the jury all for sale at | And rode slow, the other boys coming dollar'a thief, W behind until we got to the pluce where! , until we see the law dealt we had dug the grave. ‘There was cnly | by honegt men, one man of us atl well educated, and) Are you fed up» with o' (hat was Monte, who had been raised| mons from a vow-thiet? W for a preacher before he broke lose to| we apply punch cows, as shot in the) Here face, 3 so I had to ect feed him whiskey before he felt proud] trouble. shel or his read ther pre, ft ips, wervice, the rest of u ding round/| wealth for and when he was througi ry fired a} Claimed them Ling ley before wo filled the grave aingman on the range got Tene | his hind log eat kiting are” hat Was a proper. stockman's funeral, | thinking - away ‘out on a hilistop In the a Medicina but Innocent, holy Jove oot jaw. and 1 reckon the Great Father in] pam with, Arisons ihe sincere quiet heaven knew we had done our best in . ‘ work on the round-up to come and @ brave «an’r honor, pest | oP Ane crave City end find out Bee what the geography-book says) wy shod ect a swollen head. ‘They ‘abo, Arizona—the same size as Eng hung around saloons, projecting to see land? Bhucks! Thore's homely Ignor | it something had kone wrong with the ance from an office duck who dreanim|jocal breed of whiskey; they gathered he can use a tape-moaaure to size up| and made war-talk in the street; they &@ desert, In England, if you wander | came around me, wantitig to know. around after durk, you're apt to fall| whether or not 6 break out and eat he ocean, But you | that town, 0 edge of Arizona | “ova,” says 1, “it yourall stalka hance of @ wet, be- rund with mean the desert just roils on more | gmiles, these uous than ever, till you're due | hole 1 e to die of thirst. There's a practical |gond for the army. difference in size, which your book |army messing around our game, Jus! theorist wouldn't be apt to survive, you whirl in now and play signe o! Again, by the ‘books we're A com-| neice, und make good medicine. 1 munity of aslxty thousand pink and | jow ve yo ponies a strong feed—and white eltixens, all purely yearning for | wait for the night. right and justice, Hy the fac “Chalkeye,” says one of them, “it really split up into two herds thls te be hid town men, wo use the law, and “if it was war,” J told him, “l'd fret ninge men, who naturally prefer a vou home to mother. No, "4 iI t th peuece, am politely 10 aay Wat adn to knock rnte Cit a city wh nirished for twenty two prosp ars was able io giv points to Bisley, Be 01 in those three 1) ade light of the affair in a ‘ m4 wl Clieplayed da nasty, carp: | Th