Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-13
rhe Taxameter Q success.

The Taxameter a Success.
 The statement is confidently made that the taxameter, or eab-fare indi. cator. will quickly be introduced in all the civilized cities of the world. It appears that in both Berlin and Lon don, where the taxameter has been adopted, it has been as popular with 1 the "cabby'' as with the flare" The reason of this surprising fact Is that l this system of automatic fare indica- tion effectively and permanently in- creases the number of fares. Many persons object to ride in cabs because of the possibility of an alteration with the driver as to the amount of the fare when the trip is ended. Ali that is put at an end by the taxame- ter, which shows, in plain sight, the distance traversed and the fare to be paid. Consequently more persons are riding in cabs today than ever rode before, and the increase in the number of fares is looked upon as permanent. The taxameter also enables the pro- prietor to control and check the daily receipts and efficiency of the vehicle or the distance covered by it. More over. since the apparatus calculates the fare on the basis of the distance covered, the driver earns his money quicker according to the rate at which he drives, a system equally profitable and agreeable to both passenger and driver. It is said that the cab pro- prietor who has once introduced the fare indicator can and may no longer conduct his business without it. Tn Berlin, where the taxameter introduc- lion at first was strongly opposed by masters and men, $500 of the city's $500 first-class cabs are now fitted with them. The cab proprietors pay &1.25 a month fov each instrument
 The Child Afraid of the Dark.
 4 timid child cries when he is put to bed, because he is afraid of the clark. The "soft-hearted" parent stays with him simply because he realizes that the child is passing through a phase of race development, in which his imagination has the best of him out of demonology, because his log ical faculties are not developed. After all, these two parents, wide apart in point of view, act much the same, and very different from the pseudo-seien- tific parent, who acts from dogmatic conviction and is sure he is right. He talks of developing his ehild's self respect and good sense, and leaves him to cry himself to sleep, demand ing powers of self-control and devel- opment which the child does not pos sess.-Jane Addams in The Atlantic.
 A Duchess Who Visits Prisons.
 Perhaps the woman who knows the most about women conyicts in Eng fish prisons is Adeline, Duchess of Bedford. Her grace holds special per mission from the home secretary to visit the convict prisons in which women are incareerated for longer pc riods than two years, and very ex- cellent use has she made of the great trust reposed in her. With her col league, Lady Battersea, she does every thing in her power to give the pris- oASic, upOH lAelF ulscHdl se, d ieoh start under improved conditions. The duchess is a handsome woman in the prime of life. and when speaking from the platform her charming voice is curiously like that of her sister, Lady Henry Somerset.
 The Loss Supplied.
 Bertha-ssThe papers used to say she had countless dollars They never say 1t now, though" Hilda-"No; she's married a count now"
 Those Loving Girls
 Helen-Jack called me an angel last night Mattie-No wonder; you are al- ways harping about something.