The evening world. Newspaper, April 30, 1907, Page 14

New York Matter ‘toonsnes by the Press Pudtiehing Company, No. & [W Park F tered at the Post-OMce at Now York as Second-Class MA : EVYOLUME 47 veaesss : + NO. A TRIPARTITE ALLIANCE, Ba ORR © Mayor McClellan’s making peace with Charles F. Murphy leads to! changing the secret conko all professional politicians ir State to an open alliance of all the foes of good government its ultimate results will be excellent. against such H rise domination. Corporation Coun+ sel Ellison's statement no other effect. It nounceinent, of a treaty + public's enemies, ,! > A treaty is always a bargain, a dicker. | ,. The reason for taking George B. McClellan. back in the Tammany fold is obvious. The Bingham police bill gives the Police Commissioner | ” @fective power to close every g-house and pool-room in New York and to break up every organization of. professional criminals. That power Gen. Bingham was promptly proceeding to exercise, This meant the cutting off of the source of luxurious livellhood from several big Tammany politicians. “Sen, G,,"” “Big T." and their friends” were hit hard. That had to be stopped. It would never do to sever the pre \ partnership of politics and crime. | © All the bluster, the oral denunciations, the prating of civic virtue and] $e like performances in the City Hall amounted to nothing. They did mpharm. But striking at politicians’ private pockets was not to be borne. | # There was only one effective way to strike back. That was by Proceedings to recount the vote at the last mayoralty ¢ ion. Whether} George B, McClellan was elected gr not nobody knows better than ‘Gharies F. Murphy and Timothy D. Sullivan. If there were frauds in} the vote and the count, no one more readily than these two men would “know where to look and how to lift the lid. If’an inkling of what Mr Hearst charges were to come from some other source, if anonymous con fession were mate, all the power of political machinery could not stay the Recount bill. mbli With both parties scared, with one afraid of his pocket and the tee mm . Tuesday, April “Papa, Kiss Mamma!” By Maurice Kette = need sie Sih edie Bia ea Ce ita a Re os 7 rs other fearful for his job, the making of peace was speedy. Each con- tending party met through fully empowered plenipotentiaries. The law adviser of the city drew the protocol’s language and the head of the Tammany underworld ratified the terms. 7 Henceforth “the leaders of the Democratic organization” are to con- duct the city’s affairs as they “are entitled to. Letters {rom the People. With Whiskers | messages 1 doen no good ok f {Fo the Baitor of The . nyt mana Why should pe k ‘ " P | whakers? My bus beau-\plain of # ewitches | fitul, brown whisk so very & * S next her, w gives | proud of them, and no am f k an unsatisfactory ; r|| Men ith whiskers whould be 1 complaint will be investigated, and then | | of taxed I kw othe e two have a 6 gush at your hupbands have whisk expense. 1 live in West One Hundred they agree with me t and Eleventh street, and everybody 1 * w nborhood ip co: | ‘The ed mpluin so Morningside perv the Balter of The Krewe . er Mo the matier wi M | telephone wervice’ Three days S04 ® Bet—A Misunderatanding, | 4 me . {The Kvening World atten the Feply at he never drove » green , Whea there " (ie color green and a) i that pever was ip nese Whe wins! ace a Husbands born of flesh. nd wives who are left behind called into the bridal morning im the next world. The You will find your perfect marriage with your lost loved ones in should not despair. no perfect marriage bani of the spouses that went Composite Spirit Mates. &2 G2 &2 They will all be} husband with @ plurality of wives or the octo; will upon their decease find a composite # and with all th before, By Nixola Greeley-Smith. arian widow of several hus: it made up of the perfection r faults elimmated. Sarab ACR TeRnid > B00 ¥ 1D SAFE IN THIS Town The Mayor will be “per-| the next world.—Mrs. May Pepper's farewell sermon. Jane's 1 nature, Rebecca's {ritelligence and shrewdness, Amelia's tender and ive his time tention to the Gut . a > maeers loving disposition may all be blended in the perfect woman, while the fooltsh- mitted to give his time and attention to the duties of his office.” How- | Jevina: spnition Jassapil ber nlended 2A, Ina bseioee NP ee erat “« ; ' ‘ HAPS Brooklyn's woman medium thought she was eer, “the burden will rest upon his honor the Mayor to strengthen the P Riveiatine Vdlacs bt arest soy when sea gave cin | Om ately lost Jn the apiritualistic whuffie. organization.” | assurance t6 an audience last Bunday, But the com-|~ John's Uberality, Tom's sense of humor and Charlie's athletic perfections . apy pleated matrimonial tangles of this world would be an | might be comt 4 in an ideal spirit husband, getting rid of the night-owl é No mistak easy sum in addition compared to those which will arise | Habits, the # exactions and the stupid matter-of-factness which offset a: As Mr. Ellison’ says, C broad and fair minded a givin aay Ripiee hers piers 104 Peden’ Bscpresduad | ly po such permutations and combinations are effected, the bridal and 1 have no.personal preju An ambassador of such a treaty Hoch, the sixty-one better halves of Dr. Witshoff, notable | '"° Mn Pah Reed gady ioctl 965A thie Abad can afford to have ne against pool-r s, gambI bigamists of our time, arp all called into the bridal morn- | ng fe Hea a mednélal ine thera. ote 5 ‘ ng of which the medium sp with so much fervor Fabled Sy “ . Of anything else. Even without considering these extreme cases, how will | 5 better business for mediums than » 4 any long-lived man or woman with the marrying mania |?" ge: ab to face the two o ee heipmeets that have gone citi oxigitn Gai Pastas before them Into t land? + iaat ; ee ee te ee a ere ee Science Cheapens Liquid Air. ly happy with her husband for twenty years was! IQUID air is at last being manufactured on a commercial scale, the Liquid sane pitch of Jealousy by the man’s renewed Interest in | ‘Air Company of London having recently opéned its works at Battersea wife of his youth he had met at a series of spiritualist) It js claimed that this plant, which ts en by @ 200-horsepower engine, And if ¢ two could h met I have no doubt it would have gone | is the first In any country to pri e liquid alr at such @ price that it can be \ ns the lady freely used in jnduatrial enterp micals of any Kind are used tn th | With the letting down of the safeguarding barriers between the quick and product and instead of oxyg such a large proportion of liquid the dead, which Mra. Pepper believes will occur, no final matrimonial readjust- alr, cost $7.50 a galion (the usual price), the company te» able to supply it to the ments 4 take place without serious trouble, It may be that the surviving | public at not more than $1.25 a gallon. , J. Steinigans Thompson's Night Out &2 G2 GR LQ ByW. J Stein | \— we ~ - — | (Le Gat A ~ (LL COUNT) | THERE'S mY \ PN i 5 4 aay >SENGER HOY ' WHOLE SALARY Necessarily treaty includes an alliance. with the Black Horse TO TUCK THIS , See ~~ \_pdeae! Abe %) Cavalry at Alba Without this the Recount bill will pass. What s ER MY DOOR by > anneal the consideration which the t contracting parties in Mant th pena ail seh we ; anti-Hughes Republican Senator else car be th ¢ a Le Ts Fire 5 eCarren and Murr Ser . nst vty ONITE UNDE. of the McCarren and Mury ena against Gov. Hughes's measu: TREB AT Entear | against removing Kelsey 1 e Public Utilitie: against prim | Ay To Prospect fl ¢lection and ballot reform, against al! t er valuable recommenda f \ nA) onnael\k / of the Governor's message? \ BLACKHAND A/) What an alliance—the Black Horse Iry, Tammany and Geor \. ae ng f= — B. McClellan! f The sitting Mayor of New York cant ad M | MeClellan has closed one way t acifying the 1 } is removal by the Governor, and es not req if | ate. The ratifying of ac t r su as this 4 | treaty would be suflicient cause. 0 OP, ay — 30, 1¢ ELTSSTODS SDS DOS GHVPBHEPBEB @ SELF-EDUCATIONAL SERIES. 4 ——-—No. 14.——- How the Plants w Fight Enemies ® = ® ee os By J. R. Ainsworth Davis, Professor in the University of Wales, eprinted from Harmsworth Self-Educator arrangement.) Copyright, 1807, International Publications, } New Yerk ( HE numcroui where plants possens spines, thorns, priekles, ete. are partly at least to be Interpreted as adaptations whereby defense Against many vegetarian enemies is more or léss aptatned.. In the for example, the spines are modified branches (fig tn gorve y¥ &re branches and leaves; and tn eaves; while in holly the prickly leaves answer the same purpose. “the rubs of many beetles live in wood, upon which they feed. This prod ves @ clue to the primary use of the important conimercial subetances, rubber and gutta-percha, which are. the dried sticky julcee of various shrabe and trees living In hot élimates. Beetlos of the, wood-boring kind, which seek to plerce and iay eggs tp @uch planta, are liaule to.he snared and killed by the viscid fulda whioh: oome out, Arums, and various other plants ward off the attacks of analle and slugs tn ® rather curious way, ‘The outer parts of thelr stems and leat-s bundles of excessively sharp crystals (raphides), composed of oxa’ (Mg 2). These pierce the soft mouths of enalls and slugs like fo many needle, conveying @ lesson which ts usually taken to heart The Pollen’s Umbrella, : ince the fertilizing ure, @ number of devices have come into the Magazine by special 4 Fitts Avenu Gust kuown @s pollen te very Itable to be spotlt ny oxin by which this ls prevented Bell or cup-shaped | seni flowers hanging upon curved © protect thelr pollen very effect ually, as may be seen in Canterbury bell heath, snowttrop (fig, 2) and itly of the valley There are ais many flowers which bend over in rainy weather so as to shield the pollen among whioh are herb Robert (Gerantum Rob ertianum), datay, willow herbs afd wood ane mone (fig. 4). In other lime and the foliage verve as an um Tn many members of the dead-nettle and fox wlove orders the open ing of the corolla ts at the side; or in some of the latter, such as toad.- fax (fig. 5) and snap- dragon. it Is completely ed except during in- et visite. The closing of many 1—Sioe, 3—-Kaphides (slender, neodie-like crystal). 3— flowers on the appro Snowdrop. 4¢—Wood Anemone, 5-Toadfiax. ¢—Teasle. of rain ts a common de 7—Gooseberry. B-Silene Infiata. %-—Sweet Chestnut vice by which pollen is (rounded husk covered slender spines). Protected, and is exemplified by roses, gentians and crocuses, Keeping Our “Undesirables.’’ “Unbidden guests” are debarred trom access to th of ingenioun devi There are mostly creeping 1 progress barred by water barriers, slippery or sticky surfaces or obstructions of bristles or sharp hairs. In certain teasles (Fig. 6), for instance, the follage- leaves are tn opposite pairs, and thelr bases unite together to form a cup, im j which water accun es. Bome of the ca fies (Silene) and camptons (Lych- | Mis) have sticky steams, which not only pre it the visite of undesirable fortis, but ‘angie and hold them so that they perish miserably, and in gooseberry (Fig. 7) there are viscid hairs on the calyx which answer the same purpose. In certain willows approach to the flowers is prevented by wax-covered slopes as slippery as glass, which give no foothold, while a curved flowerstalk, such as that of snowdrop (fig. 3), may debar entry. Obstructions are well ¢ in the Prickly bracts which closely invest the Gow Fooling. the Sweet»Tooths. There are some plants, such as certain balsams, which secrete nectar at the bases of thelr foliage-leaves to attract unbidden guests which are climbing up | to the flowers, Ants, in particular, are very fond of sweet substances, and com- / monly cgntent themselves with this lure, which saves them the trouble of going | further, Snails and slugs are effectually kept way by spines, thorns and | prickies as in gorse, sea-holly and many others. These unbidden guests do not seck pollen or nectar, but devour the flowers bodily. Many .of the more specialized flowers can only be usefully served by « Itm- {ted circle of visitors, and others have to be excluded, Tangles of hairs or grat | {ngs of bristles are often found within the flower ftself, and effectually protect the nectar against smaller and weaker insects. Such may be found tn the buck- | bean, some honeysuckles and some specdwella, while in many tnstances the mechanism of the flower may be compared to a lock of which anly the legiti- This te well exemplified by most members of the flowers by a great variety which find their upward | mate visitors posseas the k | pea and aead-nettle orders. lin the Wrong Jam Jar, There are several thieving bees with tongues too short to stores of certain flowers, and (hese iatelligent creatures have to bite through the outer investments and steal the desired treasure without earning it (Mg. 6). One device for preventing this ts found in the bladder cam- pion (Silene inflata), where the large inflated calyx stands at some distance from the treasure-house (Fig. §.) @hould @ nectar thief gnaw « hole through this tt ts bo better off than before, for its tongue ts too short to stretch through te r reach the nectar found tt possible are also some plants which maintain a body-guard of ants to repel the attacks of voracious beetles, but do no harm to the flowers, These plants belong to the dandelion order, wad they reward the services of thelr retainers by nectar, which is secreted by the scales surrounding the heads of Gowers. Defense Against Preying Birds. We have scen that many fruits are destined to ibe eaten by birds or other the strongly coated seeds escaping digestion. But It i» necessary that such frults should be protected whil re ripening. For this purpose many of them are, Inelosed in prickly hus! as eweet,chestnut and beech (Fig. 9). Still more corhmonly the unripe fruit le acid, bitter or even poisonous, and ts thus effectually shielded from most attacks. Seeds, when mature, aré frequently so favored that they do pot commend themselves an article of diet A Gallery Play to the Smiths, | By Walter A, Sinclair. HE Smith tribe now will come in strong on doings that confront usy | [ We've got a fair to celebrate the clan and Pocahontas; For it was John who laid upon the block his curly coo, \wnive Poker pranced, Salome-danced, and yelled “Ob, Pa! don’t soak, oh!” And thus John Smith who came here with the Jamestown bunch was treated, Ob, what a shame, with such # name, if vengeance had been meted! John Smith! John Smith! A million kin and kith Sing loud your praise these latter days When you seam bul a myth; | We're with John Smith | The hero of the book; But now-aday they'd change me play ‘s And give John Smith the hook. Now, Sailth and pretty Pokey joined the high-toned F. F. V.-~ ‘A most exclusive cirele, as ie known by you and me, The John Smiths were as haughty then as any tribe you knew; They didn't fill direetories—in fact were very few. “Twas Unree long centuries ago that Smith first set his feet Upon the land where now you'll find John Smith on every street, John Smith! John Bmith! the eubstance and the pith Of thia light song 44 right the wrong To all your ind With; No myth Smith, The hero of great fame; nd today Hurroy! 4" Foren who bear his ames” © | animals, oo wf