The evening world. Newspaper, March 22, 1906, Page 18

hwy ou Na By J. Campbell Why the United States Ts FOOTSTEPS OF OUR ANCESTORS INA SERIES. OF THUMBNAIL SKETCHES, What They Did; Why They Did It; What Came Of It, eae What Tt Is Co-Day. ughty Dog!” Cory. “Go ‘ New York, @ehenedrene Punishing Company, No. 58 to @ Park Row, “Pinte Post-Oflice at New York as Seccnd-Class Mail Matter. SHUIIs teats Fava he/ueds ws taser ecccencccreasacsI NOs 10,208. AN AND AN EXAMPLE. Through ‘'2 persistence of a Mayor acting for the city interest in the face of opposition, Philadel- | ‘ phia has replevined from its traction By Albert Payson Terhune. [Es —CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, the Man Who Tried to Go s a E East by Sailing West. WHERE HAV oy HEREVER ships have eatied, there have I voyaged Tt was a rash boast, even in 1470, a period when marine maps monopoly stolen franchises of in- SE E N A ge charted the Mediterranean only from Cape Blanco to Cape catculable value. | T [2 Verde, and the Atlantic no further west than the Azores. But the man who It has forced the Rapid Transit | Company to let go its hold on the surface of Broad street, to abandon its underground rights in Chestnut street and surrender valuable franchises on three avenues. In ad- ition, the city has exacted pledges from the company to tunnel Broad street, to finish the Market street E/E subway with all possidle expedition. to constrnportant underground loop line and to build an elevated Toad, In sithe words of the North American, “the city gets back some of able assets which have been filched from it; the people! are to hmetition underground and overground; three important subways ielevated system are to be built; thé work is to be done quickly af $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 are to be expended.” To Weaver is due the credit of the most successful revolt against tfomination in history. With a case which less than a year ago ught to be too weak to promise results, and in spite ot Powerful antagonism, he has humbled a most arrogant monopoly q and comye restitution of plundered public property. Whasolute executive has done single-handed for Philadelphia gains all & force as an example by contrast with the attitude here of supineince with worse conditions. At tlsuggestion of competitive subway construction there is 4 a heated it from the Comptroller's office about “stage money” = and “hot Borasident Coler, proposing remedies for relief from traction dominatianes a “fakir” and there are remarks about “fool grand- ‘ stand talk . Propr legislative remedies provoke the antagonism of civic 4 organizatirtered to champion the public welfare, but obstinately set upon ‘in their own way, regardless, _ A pr sell a ferry gold brick to the city receives enthusiastic Official ap . Newas no Weaver, and for a Coler advocating a stricter con- trol of punchises in the city interest it has only the jeers of his fellow-offYet more of the Coler spirit in public officers is exactly the.city’sirgent need. A wider extension of his attitude on fran- chise limind corporation responsibility would render us less open to the shicomparison with Philadelphia's achievement in curbing monopoly te theyal Art Society’s exhibition of interior decorations for public tlay poster display has no place, Those examples of municipai = SS > eer yee through, § \ : . RESNSIBILITY WHERE IT LIES. . -SenaZarren’s remarks in opposition to the creation of a State ie a a the Tillinghast charges of jury-fixing are per- made {t—a tail, lean sailor, with a tanned face and threadbare clothes— told the truth, ‘ Man-o’-warsman, plrate-chaser, merchant captain—he had successively served in all three capucities during his thirty-five busy years. He had, moreover, studied mi ceeply the science of navigation than had most men of his day. . One result of this study had been a rough computation of the sun's daily peed; and this computation had in turn resulted in the seemingly | dmsane theory that the earth was not flat, but round, and that India could | thus in Limo be reached by sailing westward. The lean, {ll-dresséd man had set forth this wild scheme to his mariner | friends. Those who did not laugh at him for a fool threatened him with heresy charges. He had come at last to Lisbon in the course of his wane derings, and the words wherewith this story opens were part of his plea for a hearing before John II., King of Portugal. His request of the Fortuguese monarch was brief and to the point. He. wanted ships, men snd money with which to crufse westward, past the. Azores, to India. Having reached that fabled land of untold wealth, he was to be made viceroy and to receive 10 per cent. of all profits. The King listened with amused patlence to the absurd proposition, then politely dis- missed the adventurer; incidentally dismissing his own prospects of immo~ tal fame. To the Geonese court the Man with the Idea next onrried his plam Here he did net even receive a civil hearing. “This is the pilot Christopher Columtms, son of old Domenico, the wool-comber,”” was the comment. “He {s mad.” ‘To Ferdinand of Aragon went Columbus, and again became the laugh- ing stock of a court. In chagrin, he turned his face toward France, resolved to bear a whole world's ridicuie, if need bs, in order to place his plan before rope. But Queen Isabella, independent sovereign of Cas- tile and wife of Ferdinand, had heard of the atrange man with the stranger idea, and, with a woman's intuition, that so often outstrips logic, sent after him, listened to his story, became {mbued with his enthusiasm and, at a cost’ of $60,000, fitted out two lttle ships for his expedition. Columbus himeelf, | with the ald of Don Pinzon, a rich patron, fitted out a third. No reputable mariner would embark on so Insane a venture. So the 120 men who formed the triple crew were for the most Part a choice assorte ~ ment of fugitives from justice and down-at-heel slum-dwellers. A promising delegation to set forth on the journey which was to change the face of the earth! Criminals and beggars, led by a fanatic, on a cruise made possible by the illogical whim of an uneducated woman! The rest is school history: the six weeks of westward wandering into the Unknown; trade winds behind; a crew of incompetent, sem!-mutineers uboard; nothing credible ahead; and then—Fairyland rising from the sea to prove contemporaneous logic and wisdom wrong and a fanatic's idea and a woman's intuition right. On Oct. 12, 1492, San Salvador Island was reached. A new world was discovered—discovered by a man who died-not knowing that he had dis- covered anything and bitterly disappointed at finding no mountains of goid and caverns of precious stones, He thought he had blundered on a remote coast of India, and that the copper-colored folk who peopled the land were Hindoos, The name “In- dians” that he gave them their descendants bear to this day, and for no reason whatsoever save to perpetuate unconsciously the discoverer’s mistake. Although at first news of Columbus's success all Europe was wild with Joy, yet when it was learned that the new land offered no practical means f of arriving sooner at the portions of India where trade then existed, and FACE BEFORE ?/-— to . pei — ve te an| that {t was not a literal bourne of weaith, the frst interest died E t and point. “It isa local matter, to be looked after by New tully say there ts nothing else to-day 80! raffia work for ‘rlthmettc. There ts an Columbus fell itito distavor. His three later voya, down. ae s Dittorney, and there is no good reason why the Legislature = ——— syre for any one In the growing line.| unfortunate modicum of truth in the] ||) Nve | j yages to America falled ; i: meé local affairs.” | ET TERS from the PEOPLE It fs an honest business, a healthful| satire, but as an old woman with a ee o) a any ee pemntlla means of enriching himself or Spain, “ o pitas O co ey e y of y vu youth, I can- Political enemies, envious of ade 2 wit -Attand it is iss province and duty to investigate them ANSWERS to QU CHARLES HENRY, Hye N.Y." '| TVS nervous or. stupid ‘aitie tote a | (eareii™ the W , was dead. His “idea” was seem- bts Pi pomecution. fact that this duty has so far been —> Lev tle uct teeeiaid Bin obiresrention in ier, Meee . Diseraced, in) poverty: and obscurity, Christopher Cc . indsponsibility evaded does not justify State intervention ZFS > Woes: spool Lani aed school child, forty-elght years ago, BBE CeR ss y. Christopher Columbus died at * 4 2 2 When a gentleman walks with two) ottea usonies from the dreary 5ys-| seyenty——died w . na ¢ h for tMertes of a local prosecuting officer’s functions, ; ne ladies which Is the proper place, on the | tum of teaching ‘then, in YORU We See ull ease Perception of the world-miracte ‘he had 3 Tha Monday, March 12, 1888, of thirty years’ actual trial: Tn the! side nearest the curb or between the were Kent at our desks all day, with) accomplished and wretchedly unhappy over his apparent failure to discover lead to SH! of the vacuum process at the Worth street station may|To the Daitar of the Evening World: ‘| par Bae Jonen and poultry, for) tNO Indies? Se eee Tee ary oe cand’ then en | wealth, It has lonkec! thls form of sanitary cleaning throughout the subway.| What was tie exact date and day of| for 10 cents p d, All additional price, Schools of Past and Present. | “infant prodigy” would die of brain To a fanatic who had the courage to hold to one idea, and t i 8? Ls. 7m Zi = Flt TT vent! elds r or a weak chil gO und i tin hotels and on railways. It should have been in use in the| the blizzard of 1888? ReaLe Tey || Te cerita pat pone ass Fultor of The Evening World k child der from| : , 2 i and to a woman Subway fra ning, Its installation will le the market brings—300 per cent.—is for see Beech eters strain, ‘The rod was also in active] who let intuition and impulse overrule Counsel, America owes its discover: ment of 's opening. Its installation will bring a belated improve- Eggs at Ten Cents a Doren, your time and trouble. In the raising Hh great amuseme ar-| use. In time we'll arrive at a happy covery. and dust wek! Which the primitive appliances for the removal of dirt To the Exlitor of The Fvening World: of strawberries equal profit can be ob- Cobb, rizing the pres-| hodium between the two extrem to cope. Anybody Who Reads This Column W1 b "s plan of substituting | S., Trenton, N. J. | il in a Short Time Know Al = are some of my farming results! tained. Being an old man, I can truth- m's plan of substituting B.S. ', a Ww 1 That's ieenaenaennrenaanunnaunnes PAVIA ANEMIA IA AASAAAAM AAAS Worth Knowing About the History of This Country. As he entered the room he found the y CK nd NO2ZZL Commissioner i earnest conversation . With a man who answered the deserip- 5 tion given by the orderly at the hos pital, and again Lenox felt queer. BINKS THE BE ’ ‘The Commissioner, usually stern, rose ;: us A \ and Hie sai eee} I it for you . “Lenox,” he said, “I sen i ; nce of Manhettan Irak nica By Mark Madigan. i es, sir,” replied Lenox. - — b | iit ‘down.” ender toox| (THE Nay some people live,” anid somewhere, and when T eaneht ‘em , la cuais Relween tine Commlatencr rene Binks, the Beliboy, this morning] eatin’ their lunch the old lady ata hig visitor, as he wrote a check for his| kind of sweet-like that they was dietin’. ; Pease ante the ee amesione ss chauffeur, “would make an honest eec-| An’ I should say they were, \has been miged up in this Buasten | ton hand ashamed of himself." “I got the idea that tiey were savin’ i “Wot's it to?" asked Bellhop No, 411 as he polished up his latest diamond ring, “I've had a lot of work to do for a bunch of people livin’ in thelr money to vngle. v Count bowed. 0x," id ¥ clothes with, bee 2 cause the girls show up once in a while with & new make-up cn: but LT eome to j find out they keep the aunt around to a couple of| makes over their clothes and she sleeps ‘ SYNOPSIS OF P: Dave Lenox, « NCHAPTERS. in love with “Annigiceman, falls react a bhom he has from-Annie that sheOn fone mysterious eo danger from “the Commissioner, ‘No, Foby knew, but he would not Warsak, a repre- tell me any more than the name was Buasten.” “Well, you knew sho Uved on Fifty- “this is "Ce sentative of IE The Count. a srim- | rooms on the top floor, And or all on & cot and doesn't get down to the wate keeping, to @ tea her, for zi ‘Iam vot ‘at all surprised,” said,| the Marv Antoinette fronts and Marv ]restaurant for a meal except on Sun- aide la & reoaly: Mra, yy | Seventh atreet. » notice | your hesitatia To ‘sav |Ann backs you ever heard of their ‘day Y aidel, and ts a recelvgoods, Her) “She did, But the house in which she Tam, the representative of this or : . ant fpeband, Jako Ropyeocds, fer | lived tn Fifty-seventh street 1s vacant. Would “stretch any imagination. | Scheme takes the pretzel comin’ and{ ‘I'he rest of the time she eats the Buasten. His wife, kill Anne} When the gang there is a sang, oo Tee eee GG she: goin’. crackers and bologna and 01 ina he girl ui 1. apirite r scned , Bla ve been the repre- 5 ide } | the (itl away to bis, #6018 | earned that tho h rescued from cof the revolutionaty party of] “Who they be?" inquired Bellhop | while gets a square at @ Childs's Rotts- stolen treasures to they hause'a| Moby, undoubted! y made a mov I have been | all kinds of 88. serle. Ms “It f@ unfair for her to keep ail knowi- Sow I presume I am the repre Dhey're a bunch that are tryin’ to! “The old la ays castin’ up to trays only BE ae onseen of those people of Russia who y % vey eal eays Sealy NP) Foby-to deliver Annie ‘sende for! edge from vou fo Ide, “That is what I thi “And that ts what Mhe third vol: the 1 nend Annie ridge and to. kdamaburs rescued by Dave's chunthey are Lenox vows vengeance fireman. to t home. what to do with Miss fot as urgent as tt over was, dust “Tt te more so, As us room, tlal hhate that ay ends at th Now, they that on YS, she sh there We cannot compel her to do so.! erty now and » hud for some tr t iy no Wonderingly, Lenox Turned Towdvd the Commissioner, ? You ise ts the word m Miss Buasten un- rict orders | wa | edom without bloodshed,” sald the ~~ Commissioner, at," “seems to fit the case,” “I understand,” sald the Count, "that you saved Mile. Buasten at a ‘fire in jd you nothing?" lice, stating that she was afraid of her life: ‘That, there is suMetent cause for this fear is undoubted, I have known it. T,saved her life when she was to have ‘been killed by her own people,” “And in all this time Mlle, Buasten one syllable concerning— eryy uty hod come. to work on lone. him, fied me taat you are a young man of indomitable courage, and now that you know #0 much of the case, and have had so much to do with It, you are the very put on airs like a wine agent and they only have a mixed ale income to do It with. “Mhere’s the old man and his wife had one. The old man js formin' a com- always remembers just In time that he may have to walk downtown in mornin’. "So far as I can figure out, they only eat one meal a day, and they have the pill of fate figured out to such a cer- the “The captain of the restaurant says “The old man tips the walter with stock in the Copperhead Asparagus Mining Company, and I guess he could the girls about not gettin’ married, and the way she gives orders would make Mrs. Astor think she never had given an order in her life. haven't been washed for three days," “They keep me goin’ more than sig millionaires, and the old man tried to shand me some of that stock for a tin and I told him he'd better keep it to’ give to the cook if he evet ordered dinner. I heard the cashier my the ‘em very much, 1 Is ne + pope'’s-lead we clean windows with 2 we a ea he never saw a check from their table}, “They look awful close te the edge te " * another ¥ : ‘ 1 jutely han two dollars and @ halt. /me; but, say, ht to see ‘em. wher ‘Supyose Ww ye another 4 ¥ ne country. He ne Tontionahe . sete iriendly. to:heret for more t ts i me; but, say, you oug! a with her.” sal Kerms. “Tam inte i 7 no une siould rmitred to see Tee oe Ene ar Oe OMe acl ramon tar concee es and {f that ain't the limit I'd like to) they're spread out In the corridor wh in the case beyond all others we ta ner—I mean the patient.” em, for his| “And you are tight, You have satis-| know. ‘he Commission the music's playin’, evenings, “You'd think they were only allowin* the rest of the people in the house aa sic, het. “Se wail yore before the Com=|one I should pick out te continue tt. 1). "ninched for handing out such bogie | ° favor Be it is better i went Commissioner's of-|ince. 1 refer you now to the paper, but the walter kind of pities 'em Si World W cell th said Lenox. ‘But what rule t? The and was recived with such: ay slonor. who understands, coward | endidon't say anything, unday orl ants i) ‘ He le a move as tf to go, and the] «it jx xa ¢ 0 a dpa ALR A aM AA) Sh Wwondering!y, pa oS Tid ‘ghey have their biscuit and bologna Ha ry more to do, 'T » portin of lis own course in the| pe ssioner, ers Si we know nothing ether two followed. onder from tie Commissioner ian Garvin iad incended to pursue--leqee had brought upon him his enlefe| ee Comméasioner, | pent tn dn @ Titfany box they pinched Work Monday Wond They reached the hospital. Commissiouer!” said Lenox. ty take Annie to iis mother's house— displeasure. awe obscene | Hotel Bastick.” and two girls and an aunt, and the| “She sends for me ten times a day, Pete SHR eneibedst sata: Ganon, schemin’ they do to put on a bluff {| and she'll say: TE fe ut the hosp “Oh, W the story, You he Ae CHAPTE. iinnley at ebesteant been spoken very Nighy oe by saurae | some of the huskteat work I ever sce. Boy, get me some stationery and ; By Order of t: |periors. You do not Know the history/1 guess they ain't got a, home and|/be sure to get that fine quality,’ and - 5 M118") civic, anda OF Mille: Buaaten? haven't enough money to move if they | ‘Boy, tell the housekeeper my windows sione. ia EXT OV sco," sald Ga Iserns,” sald Lenox ie S pany to fight the Telephone Trust, and| and once in a while she'll aay, ‘Boy, I Se Y back In his en flited oa busy. sald Kernsy. “fal ee in sO Strange a cane?” | when somebody buys him a drink or two| must insist on having a allver pitcher out of the windtACe’ | tue the statem of Miss Buasten 1i “Why,” sald enor “Mile, Buaaten in the cafe before dinner he gets so] for ice water. Those white ones loole : h < < -H We vefused’ to tell me her name, begge avi huge hinnele,, ont so ordinary.’ : strenuous life we:h ally, I He Jala and ars. roruped to fell me hor meme, Reseed rich he nearly “buy ly he where we were hi from the house, but my ; ey ci day that they were lucky to «et + : ‘ Tiaiamotiena vas|talnty that they can order enough eatin’ | other ‘ to them bot) yolice t v| A tke: | Tae TONS tenet ond tiandl en eckitectiortneenah SaMAnee: now she was) vie the five of them on just the limit| the rent for thelr rooms a month after ” “You mean there {s mo, | all abou a : aaa lt tte nd what do you think of her? that the main restaurant sets under|it was due, but that the rooms were her.” to| [AM right, But If the «ir will aot : she houid think he had. He was up And. pretty?” very alae tar. which you can sit in there, bard to rent and so they dida’t press “Why, yes. talk through fear or any other reason with a tall man with a beard like : ;