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New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

where food IS often kept IN living rooms is due TO
large degree. so scientists say. 20 the fly.
Infant diseases chiefly prevail in the hot season.
When tho flies abound. DIR. J. 7. c. Nash IN 'SThe
journal OF the Royal Sanitary Institute" giving
his experience English health officer saws
that the tv Is responsible for the death of many
children because OF polluting the milk which they
qrink The ny Is especially fond of milk and plants
5aGteTia IN II which breed rapidly MIX thus in
Iected not only in city homes where II IS exposed
put az farms before IL is brought the city Prac-
uIctiy al Qairymen keep horses. and most times
the horse stables are near the COW barns In this
way the files breeding in the stables fIv almost al
IeCly 20 the mix Unless special precautions are
taken taken fies on farm may also transfer typhoid
germs 20 the milk from ceSSpooIS and earth yauts
ne ny Is now feared almost much by an ARMY
as the guns or an enemy. Unless q capnD "a DroDsr
~ drained, the quarters for the horses kent ss1e-
ciaily clean. and the sweepugs from them removed
a long way of. and most of all, II the con1r
kitchens are not screened and the sinks and food
reoeptaoles kept perfectly free from files fatal eni
denies are likely to break out. The large death
tate an1ong ths American troops IN 1S9S was due II
IS now believed, to the fly, Surgeon General stern
berg realized the danger Of files feeding in osmna
and as early as April he issued a cireuiar ~
which @ he emphasized it. His instructions however.
were largely ignored with the result that over 9f
per pt cent OF the soldiers IN the eneampment that
summer had typhoid. and over so per cent ~
OF the deaths that year were from one cause %
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ing car was in the days work Of East Side rave
and war correspondence
GETTING OFF IS WORSE.

The conductor, having screwed and bored his
way back 70 the platform, called for the fares of
the iy-attached passengers
BE jabers. most av US have only one leg
aboard" said laborer. "Oi think half fare
ought 10 be enough"
PAY nickel or drop" replied the brass but
toned official
"Go on ye tyrant of a soulless corporation!
Wen drop on the stingy uec}s Of the company
that rooms this line"
Forsyth street was reached and an official
call arose to let the passengers off. \ great
commotion occurred I'm the jammed interior Of
the car. Factory girls uttered little squeals.
Brooklyn family men swore. and there was a
sound Of tearing silk and bursting stays.
"Oh. he's punching me in the ribs" .
Who stepped on my foot?" D-n the
company" Is it footbau?"
Take your hand ont of my pocket" . . g.
Say. lost me ostrich feather!" Help
the lady out through the transom!"
The tumult lasted for some minutes. when
there emerged at the platform a twisted red wig
and beneath it the frightened. perspiring face Of
a middle aged YiddIsh woman. The rest of her
dishevened person duly followed. and Judging
by the angle Of exit and the interior compress
sion, one concluded that she had been propelled
over the heads of the passengers
"Ach mine hair as cost me senf tollar Is
getorn." walled this person, recovering herself.
4 to the 3uschpoche"-(board Of directors)-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

sea air-nothtng was lacking. Hosting anchor
At the Battery, the stanch craft skiddered along
the waterfront. lurched aport past the spicy
isles OF railroad freight yards, and the MAS
matte street cleaning dump. pitched starboard
at the Corlears Hook Park and wigwagged
signal to a man-o'-war in the navy ward across
tho nght-gleaming river. \ six knot breeze from
the f aided progress.
when and where DO we mako port?'' asked
tho correspondent.
Harlem BRIDGES beus-three hours from the
Battery" replied the first mate.
And this is a part OF the Rapid Transit sys-
tenn" murmured passenger
do you serve meals?'
NO. but the passengers sometimes have time
to jump of. eat and get aboard again"
The mate said that the horses made only one
trip. three hours day. as against the ten hours
Of the men. Asked the same question that was
put 20 the other employe he evaded It by saying
no would rather be horse than passenger.
At this moment wireless message brought
complete report OF the Railroad Commissions
findings. Nearly everything asked for by the
complainants had been granted. II seemed too
good to be true The correspondent gave three
cheers, and. waving the document above hts
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

are largely due to It's work. lcathsone as thas
work may seem
Ntnety-nine Of every hundred flies that infes,
houses belong to the family which breeds IN staoe
filth 1t is found in nearly every part Of ths
world 1t cannot bite. for its mouth IS toruiea
only TO suck UP huids. II uuItiplies tremendously
and according TO DIR. Howard. one female fly lays
an average OF 120 eggs IN season. An egg hatches
IN eight hours and becomes a fuu-hedged fly IN
ten days during five OF which It is a nlaggot eat-
ing ravenouSly and growing at such a rate tAI
were II OF human size. it would be foot taisII
sleeps for nearly five days before emerging Win
Wings and lying on 70 the nearest klshen, VHr s5r
While the Musca dornestica predominatss among
the ny inhabitants OF the ordinary American hchlo
there are few other representatives of this insec
usually dwelling there also, There Is the so-caed
mestica. except that It's mouth contains a sharp
tongue with which II administer a So ~
In house in spring or fall with a dark colorsd
smooth abdomen and spr1nkling of yeIowisi1
particularly in the fall Is very sluggish. AT slca
times" SAYS DR., Howard. ''it may be picked up
fungous disease which causes it to die On windC,w
panes surrounded by whitish enlorescence- "a
contrast with all these flies - the blue6otas ~
animal matter. II rarely enters the house. except
to attack meat left unprotected in the warm nva sn
long been attributed TO volatile teI9peranasesSii
that the sGurn1tng and SoTstnS antics Of the fy
are things he should not always be blamed 1ss ior
When fly keeps running UP and down your ur,s.s n9si
rnented by the red mite. which makes the fly rs
hys body whers tie legs are Ps'' attached and. 2,
me Joints IN the armor as u We're y s9cs ss in
terminSbly on the edge Of saucer Of honey. =
likely because II has worms thai eat all :
whom urro,sd wer, i fuliy snss sth1es inches Ions
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
COAL MINE HER0ISM
Eucry Disaster Calls Forth a Fresh
Exhibition of II.

It was reserved for the month Of March Of this
year TO write IN ths annals Of coal mining IN
France its blackest page. Indeed. the Courrieres
disaster. with It's 1900 victims. Of whom only a
few survived 20 tell the story OF their immediate
sunerlngs in the explosion. and their still more
narrowing experiences during the long days Of
waiting for rescue at the hands OF their friends
can scarcely be para.leled in the history OF this
hazardous calling.
Usually in his visitations TO the mine ths
Angel OF Death does his work swiftly. even rer-
cifully. but rescuers can tell OF instances where
the light OF life has been long in fIckering out
and who would be willing 70 conjure up
the details OF the tragedy then? Who that read
them viii ever forget the messages penned IN the
living tomb OF the mine at Fraterviue Tenn,
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These Historic Vehicles Greatly Resemble Gigantic
Hives of Bees Rocking Upon the
Waves of the Sea.

The scenery on this eventful journey included
rows Of pushcarts. where bearded men ana
shawled women jabbered; a gaudy theatre
where stylish youth with black finger nails
Iounged, a 3-9-l9 cent store, plate glass fronts
Of drygoods and millinery establishments. banks
the too obvious soldity Of steel barriers of which
raised suspicion Of the homogeneous integrity
and a mysterious shop where they kept baby
carriages and shoohys."
The correspondent made his second tour on
a horsecar Of the 1880 model that went through
Canal, GOuverneur. Madison and Cherry streets
to the Grand street ferry. While this vehicle
did not happen to be oyercrowded, there were
visible and smellable all the features described
to the Railroad Commission The seating capac-
ity was twenty, the lighting suggested con-
spiraCy with the Oculist who advertised his
wares a placard. the ventilation was notorious
by its absence. Dust and Caked dirt abounded
the floor and sides. A tall man would bump
his head entering the doorway, and induce
curvature Of the spine if he stood on the plat
form pair of aged, staggering horses drew
the over a single track of uneven, disjointed
rails. The motion a cross between a ship
at sea and camel with a bad temper.
by jove, think We've made mistake, said
Il passenger with turned up check trousers and
a travelling cap.
How mstake?" asked his companion.
why. isn't this third class tram, don't you
know? Jolly lark! I don't mind it,
It was explained to the Ignorant Briton that
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

i'o"0S i9o o OnS I0"o~ Ou' 'A000 ~

An upstate reader OF a New York ncwspaper
once wrote ts editor inqunTfng II flies could read
The correspondent said that he had made minute
observations OF these insects, and had noticed that
whenever they alighted printed page they
always landed a word. Furthermore, their
moods seemed always TO At the meaning OF the
word which they selected for their roost II they
were tired they would drop quietly on some such
word tranquil" or sleep" II they felt espe-
ctaly lively, and had been turning somersauIts IN
rn16air. they would. after the fashion OF circus
press agents, Jump from adjective TO adjective.
OF Il they were stil more reckless, they would
plump down on verb like rush" OF dash"
and hold for dear life Il they taking an
siltoEnoble ride
u flies read they VIII certainly find little
consolation when they return next summer In pe-
rustng the last report Of the Department. OF Agri-
culture concerning them They WI learn that
extensive experiments have been made IN Wash
ington as 70 the best methods OF benishlng them
from the abodes OF men Great also win be their
grief at finding out that IN the course Of hts
stacies, Dr. L u Howard. chief Of the bureau of
eutcnolosy, made prisoners Of a30 OF their fellow
creatures deed which IN ny history Will Doubt
Less 70 down through time as The Massacre of
The 1naooents"
NO observer Of nature has -nade inquiry Sc far
as IL s known whether American flies can read
srenchi but IL they they VIII have stsu more
.FeDoong nse~s In store The Per1sian journal.
A@ AaAln1' last winter, II 20 take adyantags
Sa the nea, while they were hibernatsns, offered
: vnAs OF 0om fos nae best esssy on tho csstr,,o-
Ion m chs houss cy. zmnseiAtsfy xlI ov~r Franc.
es~S ensHU OK ths Hy beg1n 70 r.cx hss brains
- (" low he might best ksu the insect TY,a
inoiey was finally awarded TO an iryestigator yy,1o
wrois mat resid1um oil ~ poured ON tb. ac1. -
-" ~ iuss would surely destroy them For city
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Where are the old cars?"
I guess the company hid EN- Tor rear you
fellows a count the germs and weigh the muck.
The conductor said there were about twenty
cars In all; three extra ones added since COM
plant was made The theoretical schedule was
six minutes apart The cars had been theoret-
ica!Iy cleaned every night, but in practice they
painted the outside and let it so at that. Ob-
viously the carpet seat coverings became filthy
in a short time and could not be cleaned cane
seats. as used on most electric cars, would per
NIT the use of a hose The men on this line WoIhN
practically twelve hours day and are paio 9-'
The horses work only three hours day.
do you mean to say that a horse works just
three hours n day?'
sure. There's piebald I seen doing it four
teen years-no more and no less"
wouldn't you rather be q horseY
'T guess maybe l would" said the conductor
ESPECIALLY while this agitation is on. Every
body blames the conductor"
Anent transfers. It was learned that they can
be so printed as to obviate dishonesty. there
fore the rule of the trust not to give them
except at the time Of paying fares lacks excuse
A compassionate conductor sometimes breaks
the rule for the benefit Of an ignorant or forget
full passenger.
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FLIES HAVE THEIR USES.

The fly, however. should not be exterminated II
should simply be exiled from the abodes of men
The fly performs vital function IN nature IL "a
the link between death and life. It IS q purifier Of
the earth and OF the air It breeds in dead or uso
less things. which 1t prepares for future genera
tions of vegetable and animal life. In way there.
fore. the fly which sailing into your dining
room and sips your preserves is only collecting a
Just debt for flies long helped to prepare tho
soil for the sugar cane which furnished the sweets
OF that preserve.
The fly has indeed right to disport itself IN
the clear sweet air of midsummer. for the purity
AMI sweetness OF the atmosphere In whoh 1t noats
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

The Grand and Desbrosses street ferry line
was observed to roll and rock along Delaney
street, with the appropriate tenpestuous roar OF
the Williamsburg Bridge overhead. Children
We're playing about big iron water pipes and
fruit peders stood beside their gIaring, smoky
torches. II was past o'clock yet through the
blazing windows OF tall building one could see
short-sleeved, eager faced men working at sew
ing machines.
regard for impartial.ty and truth compels
the statement that no fault could be found with
the car service on Cannon and Columbia streets.
In fact, the service those streets. despite the
tracks laid down, does not exist. II is said tho
cars were withdrawn last summer with praise
worthy view avoid criticism.
Arriving at Chatham Square TO sample the
Tine that traverses East Broadway and winds
through the heart Of the tenement district TO the
Th!rty-fourth Street Ferry. the correspondent
made a startling discovery The horse drawn
prehistoric vehicles were there but fresh with
yellow and orange paint, new carpet cloth on the
hard seats. windows clean and brass work
a-shine.
When did this happen?"
Since them people made a kick" replied the
conductor. The company pulled off the old cars
and put on these"
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complain VII, shall speaker 70 the Balboas"
(the main guy.
What's the use mavourneeuT" said the
laborer who had proposed half fare. "Yo ought
20 be thankful We amt kilt entirely IN this land
Of freedom. Wud ye rather die by the baynit In
Rooshia?"
The war correspondent ventured 70 ask the
conductor e he had heard Of the recent COM
plant before the Railroad Commission. and
whether there was any ground for T..
"a lot Of kicfers!" calculated the conductor
scornfuIly. You can see for yourself Nothin
in it why. this amt crowd . Fares!
You don't get no transfer. You didn't
ask for II. See. 10 crowd at all
Look at them people hiking on the sidewalk
Always walk IN fair weather. If you want to
see a crowd aboard come on q rainy DIV"
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
LIKE A SEA VOYAGE.

While the lesser horsecar lines afforded many
sea effects. the complete pleasures and discom-
forts Of a voyage were felt on a Belt Line car. y
red bulrs-eye light at the stern. shipshape ribs
in the ceiling a rocking motion that almost de-
ceived the stomach, and a strong odor OF salt
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

savory with CRIME and grease find clean. cold.
slippery slabs OF marble.
And when the autumn comes and want 10
crawl into the cracks OF the floor and under the
carpet find that the boards are laid tightly to-
gether. and there no carpets"
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SCENES BY THE WAY.

This statement was truly enlightening. There
crowd at all now' Think of the IN
occupied space on the roof! Under the car, In
the basketlike fender! Doubtless many could
be accommodated on the sides. provided they
had apparatus for self-attachment, and let their
feet drag Thus the lesson Of seIf-support would
be splendtdIy illustrated
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
BOARDING a CAR.

Determining 70 Try the best part Of the sys-
TEN first, the war correspondent 5oIrneyed 70
Grand street and Broadway. II was go ,. m,
ana The electric cars bound for Brooklyn by
way Of the Williamsburg Bridge were filed IN
a tyy1nkifng with Acknowledged, wan family
men, factory girls with gay feathered hats and
a few ulatrons who had been shopping. Each
car filed SO rapidly that the correspondent saw
no chance 70 get aboard. All seats were occu-
pied, al straps tense with pendant persons, while
five passengers exposed their ribs or stonlachs
20 the swinging elbow Of the motorrnan, and
haIf q dozen others stood on the rear platform
However. owing 20 temporary blockade. 1t
was possible 70 walk along beside the car and
observe the extraordinary developments.
Plenty room! Step up forward" cried the
conductor. as an italian woman with a purple
shawl end canary yellow skirt hailed the car Al
Mulberry street
-a1aida4" she nuttered. hesitated a moment
then. es the gallant man on the platform bent
backward from the waist 70 give room. she
stepped Up and somehow entered This prob
lem sn compression was repeated ct Mott street
whers q Chinaman was added 70 the human
sausage
Plenty room inside" said the conductor and,
boring C. marvellous passage that closed behind
him, he went through the car collecting fares.
''Geel wot a cilanst 70 squeeze feathers re-
sretfully InuTnured e youth on thu sidewalk,
who looked like a rising picllpocl1et.
At the BoweTy the conductor seemed partly
right n his contention Of plenty room. There
was room indeed on the narrow !ron frame
work behind the back platform. and II was has
tily occuUied by three laborers with shovels two
clerks and mechanic. Their feet resting on
the frarns. their hands grasping the platform
ran, they were as neatly attached 70 the car as
nies 20 a wall The correspondent now saw his
chance 70 use his climbing apparatus and mount
10 the roof but decided on the exhiaration Of
a ride on the Ofr-step. while clinging 10 the
gate Others were doing II. Why not he? The
danger of being knocked or by & contrary rnov-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
A CRUSADE STARTED.


The United States Department OF Agriculture has
started similar crusade against the hy IN this
country. The recommendations OF the chief OF the
bureau Of entomology for exterminating fies ere
being considered by the health authorities of vari-
GUS cities. and they may be adopted by the New
York Department Of Health. and put into force In
Manhattan within a few weeks. The house fly OF
the city Is accompaniment Of the city horse and
according to government experts, If city stables
end yards where horses stand are kept properly
clean. the fly will have no chance TO breed. A
little oil thrown over places where the fly Is wont
TO lay her eggs, VIII also help TO exterminate the
insect All stable sweepings should be Immediately
they can be removed
II the upstate student Of the fly should be able
by still closer observation 20 interpret the ian
guage OF flies, he would most likely learn from
their buzzings that they going TO die with
out a struggle He would no doubt discover that
the fly regards itself superior to man. and
naturally does not intend TO give up its mastery
over human beings after so many centuries OF
sway. And Il he studied the folk songs OF the
flies, The kind they sing O. warmed window
pane, be might find that the real reason that
Adam driven out Of Eden was to go 10 work
for the fly. and that snce that tine man has had
TO ton and sweat that the ny might enjoy ths
results.
Should the fly student translate into English the
fly history which IS taught in the fy colleges 10
DO sssn holding rscit2tiors any nugzy day, oosths
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

"A crisis has been reached in the East side
Htreetcar situation" said the editor. ''You must
go 10 the front"
'I an not vaccinated." faltered the war cor
respondent Besides am rusty on Yiddish.
italian. Chinese"-
Take an interpreter. and fumigate your re-
ports. Never mind yourself"
but 1t involves a per!lous sea trip" pleaded
the correspondent.
''Sea trip? What DO you mean. SIR
"one OF the complainants before the State
Railroad Commission testified that he was
rocked less in the cradle of the deep than on an
East Side horsecar."
'Ch. well Wear a yachting cap, and make
careful notes on the nautical features
"They say that only a gymnast can get aboard
during the rush hours"
NO more excuses, sir, Take whatever ropes
and climbing hooks you may need. We must
have the facts at any cost"
The war correspondent, feeling further evasion
hopeless. obtained the necessary outfit and made
a study Of late events. Hosulities against the
New York Street Railway trust had been begun
by a legal major general representing the Milton
Club Of the University Settlement. They called
It 4 hearing before the Railroad Commission.
but the language used was like bursting bombs
and shrieking shrapnel BriEadier General
Hamilton OF the University Settlement dis
charged statement that animal lovers would
not permit swine 70 be transported in East Side
cars Colonel Kirkpatrick, Of the Christie
street settlement, said fellow felt Ike apollo
gizing 10 his best girl when he took her for ride
IN these vehicles and Marshal-Editor Holt of
The independent told what he thought Of an
inadequate. dirty infrequent, fossilized and
ridiculous service for six hundred thousand citi-
zens J. D. Haas Editor of The Chronioler,"
was the author Of a happy shot-he had crossed
the raging Atlantic with less motion than he got
on q dinly car propelled by equine power.
Women settlement workers also stood on the
firing line and one Of them said It wasn't the
tired conductors fault, though annoying 10 the
public. # he cussed like the mate Of pirate
ship.
The enemy n The shape Of oren Root, jr..
general MANAGER Of the Metropolitan, had the
audacity TO appear at this 5uncture and say
that The imperfect schedules were due 10 the
narrow. trllck-blocked streets As for giving
transfers, except at fare paying and whether
the ignorant passengers called for them or not.
~ wouldn't really 90. because dishonest persons
would accumulate transfers and sell 'en. Lit
tie did M Root imagine that the ground
vrhereon he stood was mined and that within
few short DAYS an explosive list Of the Railroad
Commissions recommendations would hurl him
slzvward CEo!sy things, these recommends
tons, even if harmlessl
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

stables and the barns Of farms he recommended
that the oil be mixed with earth. lime and phOs-
pilates. The prize stirred up so much interest in
the subject Of fly killing that the French al
ready arZning themselves to wage war the in
sects next summer as soon as they reappear
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
SOME NEW CARS.

class distinctions 90 not prevail here-the worst
Is good enough for everybody.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Continued on third page.
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