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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
Comment is Unnecessary.
Chicago, April II, 100

NhlCaBo, ApTll ~, ISU0.
TO tho Honorable tho City Council:
Gentlemen - Tho city OF Chicago has
been in the electric lighting business for
about twenty years, yet I have been un-
able to acquire from the city records ex-
act information as to the municipal light
Ing plants value or tho cost of the cleo.
trio lighting which the city does for it.
SELF. Tho records simply show from year
to year the cash appropriated and ex-
pended for material and labor in the
maintenance and opcratIon of the electric
lighting plants. NO attempt has been
made apparently to ascertain the exact
cost The city should know how much
Ito municipality owned and operated utili-
ties are costing and how much It hes in
vested In such undertakings.
Therefore I would respectfully ask your
honorable body for authority to employ
such expert assistance as may be mecca
sary to acquire accurate Information Gov
ering the initial cost of the city's electric
light plant, tho present value OF said
plant and In detail what It costs the city
Of Chicago to light It's streets with Its
own electric lighting plant, the results of
such inquiry to be laid before your hon
orabls body. Respectfully submitted.
FRED h. BUS8E, Mayor.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
:ep COIN NOTICES. 1s5:

inscriptions That Were a Joy Co the
Cynies and Critics.
A collection Of coin notices gathered
by an Italian student, Amerigo Scar
latti, was published In Minerva, an
Italian periodical. Scarlatti Is of the
opinion that such Inscriptions, though
not Intended to be cynical, too often
admit OF such an tnterpretati ton through
the Irresistible habit Of the public Of
ignoring the intention Of the designer
and applying the motto to the coin it.
self.
Thus when Charles H., king Of the
two Sfcilies, had engraved on his sil-
YER ducat the Latin words "Unus non
Sufacit," meaning Zone is not enough
all the world insisted on forgetting
that the king referred to a single Bcep-
tyr and enthusiastically agreed with
him that one ducat wasn't enough for
any ona. . .-.... III. ...-.-.
| TN tho contrary, storm Of ironical
appon60n was aroused when Louis de
Bourbon, king Of Etruria, In the early
part OF tho last century inscribed "Vi-
deant PaupereB ct .Lactentur'' on his
coins. The words mean LET the Door
see aAd rejoice" and OF course every
one wanted to know why n poor man
should rejoice at merely seeing a plecs
Of money.
On the papal coinage OF 1873 bearing
the arms Of Gregory XIII. are the
words EFT Super Hanc Petram" (And
upon this rock). OF course the pope
and the artist who designed the coin
meant the words to refer to the papa.
cy, but the evil minded applied them
80 malictously to the coin itself that
the issue was speedily stopped. A sim.
liar opportunity. for evil tongues was
afforded when the Knights of Malta
coined an issue of dollars with the sign
OF their order. the Maltese cross, and
their motto, "In Hoe Signo Militamus''
un this sign we combat. The ribsld
affected to take it as q confession that
with them money was truly the sinew
of war.
A Venetian Ira dated 1874 has the
somewhat ambiguous motto "In Tibj
Solo Gloria" Go thee alone the glo
~. A Bequin coined by Cardinal Req
gonico in 1914 bears the words event
Lumen Cordium," or "Come, thou light
of hearts" Clement XII. issued a coin
with an image Of the Madonna, with
the legend "Causa Nostrae Laetitiae''
cause OF our joy, and q Venetian
piece with an alIegorical figure of Jus,
ttce, with the words "Nostra In hac
elicitas" (Our happiness In this). Ali
OF these inscriptions were irrevently
diverted by contemporaries from theiS
true object to the money itself.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
A Blow at Public .0mnsrshln.

No heavier blow was ever struck at
government ownership aud operation
In this country than the report OF the
joint congressional committee to in
yestigate the workings of the postoR-
fee department. After describing the
unbusinesslike, crude and wasteTul
methods that have grown up the re-
port says, with admirable directness:,
Under such q system large rail-
road, commercial or Industrial bust
ness would inevitably 80 into, banIk-
ruptcy, and tho postodlce departments
has averted this fate only because the
United States treasury has been avafia-
bic to meet deficiencies" -& =.
For years there has been a largo
deficit, always made mp by a dip into
the treasury, 1t 'is trua that 1t has
been held that If the service that TIP
department extends freq 10 the covers
meht and to congressLnsn under fls
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
! room Il, j Hill NcIAL SHOWING.

Gstsst Reporte Show Losses Ia RritlAl,
= aAanieipai Tradinus I'M
In most British municipal plants lit,
Ito or nothing Is set aside tor deprecia.
ton. while they are taxed much less
than private plants OF equal capital
In many cases also. by, cooking" Ac-
counts. operating aud maintenance ex.
penses are charged to tho capital &C:
counts. while damages are apparently
never paid out Of the earnings, In
spite OF all this. large proportion of
these undertakings show, actual def,
eats In their annual reports. and these
deficits have to be made up by general
taxation. Some ;of these from the last
report are as follows:
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
SIMPLE ARITHMETIC.
1t Points AZ, Easy, Road 20 the 0ee.
q Rich Quick Station. .

1t Points an Easy, Road 20 the Get.
i Rioh- Quick Station. &.
Perhaps she read the statemenf made
by the department Of agriculture that
the value Of the eggs laid by the hens
Of the United States In year would
be enough TO pay of the national debt
or maybe she "just thought it up,"
but anyway this pretty little Baltimore
girl was con viuced that she had every
thing all liked. She has been engaged
to O very nice young fellow for some
time, but TO most people the amount
OF. his present salary would appear an
lnsurmounta Bile obstacle to matrimony.
This was the. view OF her father, but
when EXPRESSED enc met It with hap
py smile. -.
= "Oh, have thought that all oht,''
she declared. s.. ~. 20. -
"You have, chr papa asked, know
ing something Of his daughters bust
ness abilities. :. ~.
"Yea, and 1t was 20 easy" she bub-
bled~ II was passing the market the
sther day, and I saw a dear little pol
ka dotted hen for only so cents, and I
/. Aougtt her. - I read In O poultry paper
mat hen WIN raise twenty chicks In
season. Well, next year we'll have
twenty lone hens, and 30. OF course,
sbare'li be 40 chicks the next year,
and 300 the next, and 100000 the
next, and 3,s80. 900 the next And just
,ses Mhat that Aao1nts toll WHY. sell
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
A SEAT IN THE COMMONS.
Going to Parliament Costly Homer
For Enplishrnan. = ~. -

Going to Parliament a Costly Homer
For EnglishrDen. ~'~ i.
Every Englishmsn who ID not forth.
nate enough to BIO peer wants to be.
como an n, r. Every man who has
succeeded I'm business or professional
life feels that coveted seat In the
commons 10 necessary to round out hfs
career. But many men of moderate
means are deferred from pamperins
their ambitions by the big expense en-
tailed. No salaries are paid, and, be,
sides supporting himself, an M. p. is
called upon to meet heavy drains upon
bis pocketbook during hls entire term.
at the most moderate estimate the
expenses of q campaign are Sc. 600.
Once elected, the member must "nursese
his constituents. Clubs and charities
are the greatest beneaciariss Of fhis
nursing, but many individuals come i'm
fSr ssslstapce also. Not less than a..
600 year Is required for this isarn.
WINCH for term OF Eye years repre-.
sents an outlay of S15, 900, $3.50 49,
Al told, then, O. prospective member
faces an outlay Of $4,000 in addition
10 his living expenses, which in Lon.
don arc far from moderate when no
maintains himself In keeping With the
dignity Of bis position. =. ~ -
Many Of the commoners Of course
spend far more than the above amount,
AND, In addition to the cash outlay.
some Of them find their lives emtAtter.
60 by the worries ana sxactlons OF
their positions ,TI.',, :, q
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
AN EYE OPENER.

ChEeago's City Electrician Can see
Beth Backward and Forward Now.
For years the city electrician OF Chi
cago has been Furnishing to the report
ers copy about the city electric light
peant-good copy that was wired all
over the country and made the citizens
OF places that hadn't municipal plants
think that they were being robbed by
the lighting companies He 10 still
furnishing copy, but it isn't good copy
for the M. 0. press 'bureaus.. The
other day Mayor Busse wrote a letter
to the city council asking for. an inyes.
tlgation OF the plant, and Immediately
the city electrician began to- see things.
One Of the things he saw after the let
ter had opened his eyes. was that Of
the four stations only one was up to
date. His previous blindness to this
serious condition was due to the faak
that 1t costs lot OF money to keep
plants up to date, and such an expepdi-
ture might open tho eyes of the tag
payers to the real cost of. mnnicipal
lighting. 80 f.3... -. - :. ~
i~~~NANAS w N0C AlAA&LdBO &7NE3Lr LUet
city electrician stated further after
reading the mayors Letter: ~ -. :.
I'm fixing the actual cost. OF lighting
one should consider the interest on the
Investment, depreciation, use of water,
rent and like mattera." o. " i, -. -,
This is especially interesting because
none OF these items have bean Included
In the cost Of lights shown 10 tins an
nual reports OF his department. Tor the
simple reason that their Inclusion wouii
have made it impossible to give the
impression that the cost Of arcs was
only $50 or 1853 a year, as claimed there
In. In view OF the impending fnYestS.
cation the electrician admits that the
cost Is $78 and adds naiVely, laUh-
doubleday a business man would make
the figure even higher" .<"eg :.
Most undoubtedly, FOR In 1900 HAS
kins & Sells, chartered accountants en-
ployed by the Reform club of New
York, declared the, coat to be S99.ass,
and In 1905 Warwick, Mitchell e. CO.,
chartered accountants employed by the
National Civic federation, showed the
cost to be $4,000. - ,.@-".,l
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20

Bass fishing will be the principal
sport of party Of three young men
VINO left here today for Rockingham
county, Va. The party is comprised
or Will Burdette, Capt. Phil Walker,
and Clarence Burdette. They will
be guests Of Capt. Walkers mother.
Mrs. NJ. e. Walker, who has an i'm
mense farm in the Shenandoah Val
ley. The party will be gone a cou-
pie Of weeks and nearly all OF that
time will be spent fishing.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
nrov IN

y
1 James Russell LoM$ll 30 tnris cal,
tor OF the Atlantic wSs MI IinN acr0ss
Cambridge bridge when. Nh hat lie " 90
and fell into the CAsflsa Nth halS 4
douen or moro mRnuscrtpts sttA which
1t was treighted and which ~ was 40
turning to the Boston once IA boat.
man recovered the hat Sbpt the acat,
tered manuscripts pSrtehed lin tAose
waves OF oblivion. "It they had been
accepted articles Il ,wouidnt have
been quite 30 had for. =: sad ~. eve
might with some Kyace a3k the iwritars
for fresh copies. But how can yo0. tell
. self respecting contrAbutcr that hiv
manuscript has been not only re1ectbd,
but sent to a w4tary ggaSaF--J. n,
rrowbridge In Atlantic, \ MIRA 5,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
They Kick Just the Rannn.

Residents Of Chicopee Falls, Mass,
who are patrons Of the municipal cleo
trio plant have petitioned council, pro
testing against the present meter rates
and requesting hearing. Some con
sumerS complain that their bills have
Dsen doubled since meters were In,
stalled,-Municipal Journal and Ingi.
nAAT --.-... .-.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
A seeld,s Chair.

A fine specimen OF ''scold's CHAIR
1s among the Remaining contents OF
Sheffield manor, BasipgstOke, Bng-
land. 1t dates from 1923 and Is In oak
and Is elaborately carved In high. re-
lief In bold scroll ornament The seat
Is worked in lever from behind, and
the sitter is locked In by falling arched
bars In front -. -. .. - 1----
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20

franking act were. properly charged
up the deficiency would disappear
thot 1t is merely bookkeeping one.
The fact remains nevertheless that the
department always runs behind. requir-
Ing from $10,OOO.oO0 to $14,0O0,0 900 to
pay it's debts at the end Of the year.
Saginaw (Mich) Courier Herald.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20

Frank Ross, an italian laborer. and
MISS Beulah Coates, colored, we're
united in marriage a few evenings
ago by Rev. Aquilla Sayles. This is
the fourth intermarriage Of whites
and blacks performed by Minister
Sayies in the past eight months.
ROSS has lived in this country about
I6 years and is a thrifty worker,
Questioned as to why he married a
colored woman, he said he loved her
and did not think it was anybodv's
business who he chose for wife.
mere is a fear among the 90
whites that Washington is becom-
ing Greta Green for mixed marri-
ages.
r. w. THOMPSON
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20

|.. @s-i1 81 .. '....
Ing them at so Giants each would give
|us $1.50000o in Ave years. and that
wont be 30 long to walt for that
much."-Harper's Weekly.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
New York. Adg:% 1s,--Thirteen;
handsome young women, tollowedFby,

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49, H "A ~ to''owea = ~ y
su.ee IuenS On M nhe sspnyeidue' marche1
NY tne e ',t,ei.' 81 the hotel MARI
tousn 'ass ntKnS and ,re8istered
40 vo"iuS Vse M llllSSsSsM'ulsksEee. Okla
u11.tN "t s'1ty Ss9pets ~ the slxteen
No. gu un .s many large : button In
ann"pe 80 I'VE gpotntedi red star.
~. 800 e - .,tv sne' star IN large
t1!eels. "eFe ne = Nsd1nskegee, cheap lgas'
S SAnS NeW STAT, I.E}.. +. ], ~ E<,E, y s.
\, 11eH ~. |Watts,fa lawyer or Salt-
saw oKianoMa, fA In charge OF the
pares, ana ne and his companions
eAp ls. thsart mission as folloWA;
came east as guestsS of our
soVetnoI' mr. aaskeil, t we are anx-
, , 70 lec All the people 1nthe East
Ano" now prosperoust we are. We
"vo heaAiu. ~ your panlcs nut we
nave we mons our new country. t.
-, hs 9 ls one ne woman representa-
we ron each%ot tne nve congress
stoll"i oistricts In ~ oklahoma, and
among them; are several ,half-breed
go is' ~ ttnitors starCeo OUT, az
"ee ~ tAook i.nl converts AL with
. n '!t."s es.ecn WH eNs uecorated WlLh
10 oie s'Sts, ney SAID }tnat AFTER
10y h"u tooh .d% Coney Island over
~ ~ouiu Gaal pm fresiqent Hoose-
We, Vs. attet wntcn they Wouid go TO
";, AS LOT polltlcs' Wen
40 'i"i' 'H otq noe care 10 &c COM
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hod,n "a 49,
..u.h, = :
70 aon,t :. 80. 'H7 supp 'ee
- NJ 80
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hetwaen 80 ra,,s ,,"n+ nu tc Spi lsals
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nor IN. ond r,h;a+1a, - uota,, Pea "i'> -
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.uau sanr'> -, ohHs,n $500 D'oo
snnrred nh, horso+ ~
headed Thara was .nn+htna &c ~
do ana. fhn 7e,;siy;sat,, ~ onnedI ~
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said he she's I'm eama.o .nort,
Now 90 home to,fr}ia ana Aon,t go
anv more risbs ma tbat 5, 49, -
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20


Politicians manage municipal arairs
In such a way that their own interests
are cared for first and public service
Is only minor and Subsidiary tsatpFe.
Money collected from taxpayers Ia
spent for the 'beneat OF, the gang In
stead OF for that of the psople, and thu
consequence Is that enterprises con;
Quoted by the city are Invariably not
merely Ill managed but enbcmously
expensive. ..t-. ...+i - ~ t.. =
There Is no reason 10 hope that this
state OF affairs WIN 10 changed 30 Hlong
as human nature rsma ins what it ia,
and therefore the people win not be
likely in their sober aensea to intrust
any public utility that can safely be
left In the hands OF private enterprise
30 any city government Chicago Jour
ual. -. ~. =, ~ ~ 49,.
The best and cheapest swamp drain
Ing Is done by driving q six or eight
INCH wrought iron pipe down the low
eat part Of the swamp to the sand,
gravel or rock formation. A pit three
feet square Is then sunk and filed
with stone and gravel to filter the wa.
ter going down the pipe. ....
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
A. pornsstle nr,alsde,tn,,.

A well known lord Discovered ! thief
In his London house. Aided ~ \ the
butler. be secured the man ana then
rang the: Fel. A. servant appeared,
whom tho peer requested 10; ITO iRto
the kitchen and bring up q policeman
or two" The domestic returned ant,
said there were NO policemen, on the
premises. '.Whatr' exclaimed his mas,
ter In incredulous topsa, tDo you
mean to tell me that With a cooE two
scuileryy maids. a Kitchen mltd and
three honsemada. IN my employ thsre
Is no policeman in my Atchen1 1T ID
Indeed a miracle, Tahd, our prisoner
shall reap the benefit Turner. lot the
man go instantly Pr. london Standard.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20

The National Christian Congress
convenes this week at the Cosmopoli
itan Baptist Temple, OF which Rev.
Simon P. w. Drew is pastor. Rev.
r. B. Robinson, president of the or
ganization, is to preside, and the pro-
gram includes a welcome address by
DR.. Drew, with response by Prof. J.
w. Coles, Of Virginia. Thirty-six
states of the union are to be repre-
sented
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
llN AUSTRIA /
lhe Shl Bulwark OF the Party
ssSsSs In Power. ..=< Is

a" AmseteaN Newspaper Man rakss .
PsShJnsA che Workings. Of The sys.
i. tenn IDS That Governments En-
ploySAG Don't. Dare Vote sA0ainst
, the" Atty I'm Coatroi--.NVould Mean
the ri Democracy Ia Am.rio..
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
THE TALK or ll4. ANNA 1,IAlV
,manent place hereattor il ALI voice

E4t G~lSrf !. .i,F'g
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-27
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The strike Of the cabdrivers in New
York puts the walkout far behind the lin
its OF the union.
A New York plumber has eloped with a
widow worth $4,000. Now and then fortune
smiles on the loyal devotees.
An eastern doctor announces once more
kissing must CO." You bet. kissing must
go on in the good, old way. Genius has not
invented a substitute.
The dramatic critic of a Boston paper
calls an actress the daintiest and sweet
est fairy on earth" His associates hope a
long, restful vacation will help him some.
The ease with which the yeggmen got
AWAY in an auto with the loot of Nebraska
banks is a compliment to our good roads
which the victimized bankers will not ap-
prec.ate.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch is the latest hero of
Yankeeland. He rescued a young woman
from possible death in a runaway accident
in Boston without scratching a syllable
of his name.
Pfttsburg's municipal g~rafters were an
industrious bunch, but they are too cheap
to size up with the Philadelphia crowd or
the state house hooters. The Philadelphia
and Harrisburg records deal with millions,
while Pittsburg is in the petty larceny
class
A living example of Spanish "Manana"
is the Cuban bird trogan. said to be the
LATEST of living creatures. 1t will sit on
the bough of a fruit tree waiting for the
ripe fruit to drop into it's NAV, rather
than pick it itself. A close second for
the trogan is the South Sea islander, who
loafs under the bread fruit tree, exercising
himself only when hunge impels him to
shake the tree for grub.
Leslie's Weekly, the dean of American
pictorials. cheerfully owns up to fifty
three years. But it does not; 1t re-
fleets them in seasoned thought and
ripe experience. Under the agrees
sive, buoyant management of j. A.
Sleicher, the weekly is renewing its youth
and keeping abreast of the liveliest menu
bers of the illustrated procession. Within
the present year Leslie's has grown from
$1,000 to $4,000, indicating a pace swift
enough to tryout the endurance of any
competitor.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-27
MISS STONES RANSOM FUND.

Miss Ellen M. Stone of Chelsea,
Mass, is making an appeal to con-
gress to appropriate 100000 to re-
imburse those persons who con-
tributed to the fund to secure her re-
lease from the Macedonian brigands
nearly eight years ago. In letters to
members of congress Miss Stone says:
l have been waiting for seven years and
more hoping hat the ransom money may
be- repaid to the givers and have the bur-
den lifted from me of owing my life to the
self-sacrifice of those who have never been
requited.
President Roosevelt and the State
department have both advised and re-
quested congress to make %appropria-
ton to this end. but the members at
the capitol have failed to become en-
thusiastic over the proposition. 1t is
not easy to discern what particular
good would be accomplished by re-
spending to Miss Stones demand. The
money was raised by popular subscrip-
ton, in small amounts, from all sec
tions of the country. The donations
to the ransom fund were made cheer
fully and enthusiastically and there is
no record that the donors regret their
action or want their money back. Miss
Stones expressed sense of obligation
to the donors will probably be all the
recognition they seek. After her re-
lease she wrote the story of her ex-
periences for a magazine and then
toured the country as a paid lecturer,
but is not known to have undertaken
to do any reimbursing on her own &C
count.
There will be no widespread disap-
pointment II congress insists on con
sidering the whole case a closed Incl
| dent.