The evening world. Newspaper, January 17, 1908, Page 16

ening World Daily Mag an Park Row, > { SOREFE PULITIMT, Pros, 7 Kast 184 Stree New York as Sec “\ Canada, oy — ¥ Entered at the Post-Ofice Oybecrintion Rates to the ming Worid for the 2 United States. ON FEAT. -veneerereeees S675 $3.50 -30 | One month... weeee .601 One month VOLUME 4B.,,,.,.....20esececceres eevee cecessenee NOs 16,950. ESS WHY DID THE HOSE BURST? Bursting hose imperils the firemen. lohn Fallon, Thomas Phillips and \ George O'Connor would be alive f to-day had the hose not burst and (] the water pressure not been’ inade- quate at the Parker Building fire. Bursting hose increases the fire Bursting hose at a tenement, ho- tel or office building fire might fill the morgue. Naturally nobody ts willing to die in order that M. Francis Lough- man, who was, in 1905, the Windsor Fire Appliance Company and is now deputy to Water Commissioner O’Brien, may make a few dollars’ profit. Vif If anybody with a political pull needs a little money he might better adopt the custom of letting markers stand at Ludlum’s, for instance, or of wind bets with bookmakers which would endanger no lives. Other cities have fire departments, though none exceeds New York in the bravery, efficiency and fidelity of its firemen. Why do not other cities have rotten hose? Why do not other cities have widows and orphans because of rotten hose? Commissioner O’Brien seems to fear that, the public will think that he is partly responsible. He has written to the Sun and The Evening World, and has given out a number of interviews. He says that the M. Francis Loughman hose was bought in 1904-’05, and that he did not become Fire Commissioner until Jan. 1, 1906. This ts correct. When Mr. O’Brien became Fire Commissioner rotten hose was in the department. Some of the Loughman hose burst. Also some other hose burst. Both contracts required the replacement at the contractor’s expense of hose that burst within three years. Other hose that burst within three years Commissioner O’Brien re-| quired to be replaced. According to the Fire Underwriters’ report, table | 44, page 12, none of the 116 burst lengths of the Loughman hose has} yet been replaced. ce NR EE azine, Friday, January 17, 1908. i me asi ect When “E”, Strikes Our Town. | , THEM/ARIS. OF By Maurice Ketten. oa rt PaysonIerhun No, 38.—CI VII, WAR,—(Part V1.) Grant and Vicksburg. HILE tho battle of Gettysburg was in progress an almost equally im W Portant conflict was waging in the Southwest, and Gen. Grant was | winning the fame which was later to put hiur at the head of the | Union forces and end the war. | In the East, general after general was taking chief command with figuras | tive “flourishes of trumpets;” only to make more or less of a fizzle of every, effort to conquer the South, and then to be humiliatingly deposed In favor of some equally inefficient leader. But Grant in the Southwest had been working away steadily in his own silent, unpretentious fashion, winning a | long Une of victori for the Union, He had prevented the Confederates from winning a lasting foothold in Kentneky; had taken Shiloh, Corinth and Forts Henry and Donelson, and had continued to wrench the Southwest from the Confederacy by an almost unbroken series of triumphs, culminating | with the attack on Vicksburg. This city was the key to the Confederate | power in that section, and was also the key to the M ssippi ‘River. Until j{t should be conquered the Mississipp! could not ba wholly opened to the Union. The place was defended by a strong Southern force under Gen Pendle ton. Sherman had already sidered !mpragnable, tacked [t and had been repulsed. It was con- Early in 1863 Grant took command of the “Army of the Mississippi and turned his attention to Vicksburg. It was his life work to succeed where others had failed A fleet under Acmiral Porter co-operated with bim. After several futile | plans, Grant marched down the river's west bank. On April 30 he crossed ; i A the river again, beat back the Confederates in two — Y Spare Flan or Blatter battles and came toward Vicksburg from the rear, Taking Vicksburg. ¢ Four battles were fought between May 12 and May = Pa 3 (17. ‘Then, having pushed past the last of the i guarding outposts, Grant laid siege to the city. a SUBLIME | GR | The Confederate General, Johnston, was not far behind him with a large Pog u AN, body of men, out failed to relieve the siege. After forty-seven days the Vicksburg garrison, starved and overpowered, asked for terms of capitula- | . y tion. Grant replied that the only terms he would listen to were “Uncone Uwe, ditional surrender!” g ‘ io) ui 1...) On July 4 (the day after the battie of Gettysburg) ViekSburg surrendered, p The Unton general in the whole Vicksburg campaign had lost barely 9,000 Ss men, The Confederate losses are said to have been almost 60,000, Grant treated his vanquished foes with a nerosity and consideration | that won the nation’s applause. Four days 1 jen, Banks captured Port | Hud-on, above Baton Rouge. on the Mississippi, taking 5,000 prisoners and | thirty-one cannon. The river was now cleared of Confederates and open to Government vessels, Gen. Rosecrans the same month drove a Soi Bragg out of middle Tennessee, across the Cuui and Mountains, to Chat | tanooga, At Chickamauga, beyond th: town, Gen. Longstreet, being sent vy Lee with another army to reinforce Bragg, the retreating Confederates turned at bay. In a battle lasting all night, . 19 and part of the next day, the Union troops were defeated with a 1, and fell back om Chattanooga, where Bragg besieged them. Grant reinforced Rosecrans, and jon Nov. 23 attacked tne Confederates, who held the neighboring summits | of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. ‘This bloody struggle, knowm | as the battle of Chattanooga (part of !t being fought on the mountain tops | above the clouds), lasted three days and resulted in a great victory for the thern army under Gen North. The Coufederates were completely driven out of Tennessee. | While Grant was clearing the Southwest of his foes, much less progress had been made by the Union armies in the East. In July, 1863, Gen. Gilk | more besleged Charleston, S.C. The city held out stubbornly and severad | attacks on it were repulsed. But Fort Wagner, one of its outposts, fell im | September, and after that the slege was conducted at closer quarterm Charleston held out for 500 days, and did not surrender unt!) 1865. The blockade of Confederate ports was also becoming more effective \ every month, and fewer and fewer ships were able to elude it This meant ever-increasing hardships for Southern soldiers and civilians. By the close of 186° the Confederacy had lost Kentucky, Tennessea, Mr. O’Brien changed from Fire Commissioner to Water Commis- sioner late in 1906, Since that time he has had charge of the water) Jf Woman Were Not on Hand to Nurse and Care for Poor Man supply, and writes to the Sun finding fault with its editorial statement that. | “It is doubtful also if there Is another city of fmportance in which the management and control of ihe water distribution is as crimimlly negligent and incapable.” Mr, O'Brien writes to the Sun that “at the time of the Parker Build-| ing fire water flowed to the hydrants at the maximum pressure possible,” | and adds that “there was a pressure of ten pounds.” According to the report made E> By Roy L. McCardell, “é THIG eberybody's god a code,” said Mr. wouldn't ve laying there feverish jai to youd so lod I god sore eards,” by a commission of engineers in 4903 to Mayor Low’s Commission- way to talk!" sald Mrs. Jatr, eb 1d, I got a code,” said Mr er of Water Supply, the water pres- | got ah anid Men rs set x a Sure in the Parker Building district ADVISER | word to you in my whole life but for know I am foolish. If I things easy was then twenty-six to thirty-five as lke a pounds. When and why has it dropped to ten pounds? Why was the hose rotten and why was the water pressure low? Since Mr. O’Brien has had to a ney I could out of h 4 bad, {d's id. you ged “Id ain awd da muddy you cad oud od me?" | Mr. Jarr. "Just a pe erted Mrs, Jarr. ‘An hand and foot, an Isten to eat Herin A uy or not! There, you see. Tm sneezing! deal with this question, first as secre Yo y dil I let the children go to school, Oh, tary to the Mayor In 1905, second as Fire Commissioner in 1906, third AA aL ist Mr. Jars, ‘“Akachoo!" sev eRThT OK aaid Mrs. Jarr. “Ar cold. I'll fx a hot n as Water Commissioner now, and fourth as the Mayor's chief adviser, the public will welcome his further explanations, Letters from the People. e202. Jarr, M!S-) any colds at all.” f you had only listened to mei" said Mrs. Jarr, and | head, and {t may turn into pneumonia said! didn't care what|th 0 long as I could get Mr. Jarr answered not said with some hot lemonade. 1 ma making goodness knows with that." rve got to take this hot lemonade'’| tin a good sweat tt would break up tha for you and put another hot-water bottle at satd Mra, Jarr, ‘Don't be a cuenn | Bow and home-made Arkansas, Missourt, the Rio Grande frontier of Texas, the control of the Mississfpp! River and many strongholds tn Flow apc at ena {da, Loujsiana and Mississippi. As part of these i Mirae ses! captured regions had furnished a large quantity o8 food for the South, their loss was a great blow te Confederate hopes. The future, on the When He Is Laid Up With a Cold What Would Become of Him? ay, brighter for the Union Hanlatlansinreyloweltinielatiicelte wer Neeaey ere he was lying “Peace does not appear so distant as {t did. I hope it will come socom “Undress and go to bed, that's a dear,” sald Mrs, Jarr. “I'll make yousome and come to stay; and so come as to be worth keeping In all future ting.” | flaxseed tea. Grandma always gave ue flaxseed tea, and I declare we never had Until Virginia could be subdued, however, there could be no hope of guch a peace. And Virginia, guarded by Lee, remained practically uncom | querable. Only one man could achieve the tremendous task. Teaching a Horse to Dance. said Mrs, Jarr platntively. By M. Beketow. ‘Leab me alode,” said Mr, Jarr; i | 1 leave you alone 1f you'll just let me tuck this cemfortable around you,” | pleaded the ministering angel. Mr. Jar: rted and permitted the comfortable to be tucked around him, p ioe eee up and fee ke bottle put at his feet. Enc ieee hy! = HE perted of training usually extends to about twelve months, come ese small victories, Mrs, Jarr put her hand to his forehead and said’ “You| 66) mencing a few months after birth, Even after the twelvemonth ite feverish, dear, Take some more of the tablets: the doctor left.” 1s up, however, and the animal ts good enough to perform tm ead me alode!” muttered the sufferer, | public, practice must take place every day,” says M. Beketow, . If you'll just let me rub your nose with camphorated oll {t wil] take away| the famous trainer. “The first thing necessary !s to teach the, gestion like magic,’’ sald Mrs, Jarr, animal to walk around the ring gracefully, throwing its front legs well out an@ ; but gave an impatient bounce on the sofa |pringing the feet down gently. A little mechanical appliance, in the shape of @ | Please take the quinine, then; only five grains,” said Mrs. Jarr, “Take tt) piece of repe tied to the animal's foreleg, 1s sometimes necessary to make htst } understand what {s required. An assistant grasps the other end of the repe; and gives it a gentle pull when the antmal lifts ‘ts leg, thus causing the horee ’ punch," safd Mrs, Jarr, “and take it|/to throw the limb forward. After two or three lessons of this description the animal begins to step out quite naturally, and will walk with a slow, measureg “I see I god to gib in, Wad's|tread at the command of {ts rider, This training takes place without musie, and when the latter !s intreduced the animal sometimes gets a little confused, “The rider, however, by lightly touching eaoh leg alternately with the en@ sip, keeping time so to speak, with the music, not only reminds the | “Led me alode and ged to sleeb,” sald Mr. Jerr, turning around on the! President Tinco!n said at the end of the year: seta ‘Wode do it," said Mr. Jarr, stubbornly. “Then you'll be having the grip, Mr. Jarr Well, 1 did not answer. me make you a not whiskey ‘Hab your ode way, the udse?" | So Mrs, Jarr made the hot punch and Mr. Jarr swallowed {t with the tears nning down his face. Then Mrs. Jarr said, ‘Now I'll leave you to go to sleep, | of a small ¥ and when you wake up you'll be all right.” Se she tiptoed out of the room and|herse which |g to lift and throw out, but also affords it a ove aa to the pace door. {t should go around the ring. To teach a horse to walts ts rather more diMeult, n she was gone Mr. Jarr arose and, putting his fingers under his tongue, and a great ileal depends on the skill of the rider. Some antmals, however, have out a five-grain quinine capsule, which he dropped behind the sofa to a natural inclination to sway this way and that to the music, keeping a regulag woban,”” snuff Mr, Jarr. “Head's awd gold roud now| join a hot-water bag, a mustard plaster, six bromo-quinine tablets, « bottle of|atep at the same time, and {t ts not @ very diMcult matter to teach them te |cough syrup, amelling salts, two antipyrine powders and a few other remedies,| describe circles in their own length.” “There, you see!’ said Mrs, Jarr, Do They Really “Oringe!” To the Biltor of The Evening World What New York r can ¢ how !t !s that barbers and wa’ pared with what we do calla : stand. Lat smoke ning, clay plpes, “. Miss Lonely Tries a Musical Hook on Mr. Man» By F.G. Long Then he went to sleep and woke up sound and whole. Three Sensible Meals. “What would you do witheut me?” By W. R. C, Latson, M. D, HERE 1s no {deal det; and !f there was, {t would not ft the very unidead New York Clty seem so differ those of most other cities? fon If) 20 ceaw tov )\ { LiKe prusic- I LIKE } NOW THIS LTTE. SELECTION MADE men and women tn the world to-day. The object of feeding 1s to give the body materials out of which to build and sustain itself. This tt wit é~ foe little fingers w a \ - Z on vegetarian diet, on raw diet, on any diet, if that diet—and here's the fa id cringe \ MAN WHO HAS P) shen yl abet ate a tained with tobac Re coutD » V5?) CE a point—if that diet be simple in selection, moderate in quantity and taken unée@- y remind or )\ GET ALONG FINE / No? ( THE COMPANIONSHIP) proper conditions. Jerome Ge (rece THER ee) a nt elas: mon > WH bed, also pass ett wn the | w | spina! column (warm water will do). . a Then rub down with a dry tow Stenogs Who Cant Eat Smoke, — | F n) fean } Why Ver bet cna Smoke? et Ls i mx ta anf i ’ 1 © habit and exp smoking, whieh | w 4, UE hire fellows t@ w fm pet a drop in a pall‘of water cem-! you , in alana 1 Qe (SING? 5 ( %a WOrNe— fe => WHO CAN as ‘A breakfast of fruft, cereal with cream, brown bread and butter, and « gtesg. of milk will fulfil any requirement. Or a morning meal of two raw eggs beates | up with milk, together with fruit and one or twe slices of brown dread—eunh @ ! meal 1s equally nutritious and palatable ; For dinner, fresh meat, roasted or boiled; baked petate; plain salad Creawe6 j with olive of] and a few drops of lemon juice; perhaps another cooked i such as turnips, spinach or parsnips; fruit. and brown bread, will prove in | sense a wholesome and acceptable maal. | ‘The third meal, {f such be taken, may be similar te breakfast, or f§ magp consist of merely fresh fruit and a glass of milk, with perhaps a crac xer ew @ bit of bread, ‘These meals are not all vegetarian, or all raw, or all fruit; but they arg simple, they are moderate, and, if taken in proper quantity, they will solve the. question of diet, so far as it 1s ever likely te be solved by erring men, il +-— ¢ , One of Sov. Folk’s Sturies, ERE ts one of the best stories Gov. Folk, of Missourt, tells: reas H “An editor was so bothered by visitors that he called his offee beg: and said: | If anybody asks for me, Just say that I am out.’ “An hour lator the boy entered the editors private room, He was viene | bled. Lecih ‘Whenever [ tell a man that you're out he gets mad and says he knewed you're not,’ complained the boy 1 “Well,” replied the editor, ‘the next time anybody tells you that he dessm@) | belleve I'm ont, you just reply nat's what they all say.’ “In a few minutes a woman entered the outer office and sald she wanted tw} seo the editor “ ‘He's out,’ said the boy “TL don't belleve he is ou va wife.’ That's what they all say | “The Indignant wife waited to office and told him what she thought of him. string out” : ! woman. ‘I rust see htm, aug] red the boy triumphantly ear nom she rushed { ante Ogre rte