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to their mains while the streets were
open. The notice concluded:

10 the1r mains while the streets were
open. The notice concluded:
If at any time during the progress OF
the work you should think you are not
receiving proper consideration at the
hands OF the contractor and will COM
municate with me. l shall be very happy
to see that as little Inconvenience as pos
slble is caus ed to you and to the general
public using the Streets
There Is no doubt of the superiority OF
this method. In this country we are con-
stantly subjected to the annoyance of hav-
Ing the streets torn up for all sorts OF
purposes Rarely are necessary street
changes all effected at once. In the spring
an electric company runs a new line OF
condults down the thoroughfare with the
usual repaving in the rear of the pipe
layers. Then after while the gas COM
pany thinks of some needed enlargements
of its distributing plant and digs Its
trench across or along the street. Then
maybe In the fall sewer contractor
makes his leisurely way to prolong the
confusion and annoyance. Finally the
next year when all these disturbances
have been fairly forgotten by an exas-
perated public the city itself decides that
the pavement needs resurfaeing and goes
about the work in a way to cause the
street users to think regretfully of the
days when only part of the thorough
fare was disturbed at one time.
The fact is that there is not enough
team work in our municipal management
on this side Of the Atlantic. Between the
influence Of corporations at city halls and
the lack of good business-like devotion
to the citizens welfare on the part Of
municipal administrators the average
street changes are effected with maxi
mum of public annoyance and minimum
of economy. The European idea appears
to be to reverse the process and give the
citizens the greatest possible use of the
streets with the least Inconvenience. The
addendum to the notice shown by Mr..
Morgan. quoted above. indicates that the
council at Westminster entertains the per-
haps old-fashioned but none the less sat-
isfactory theory that municipal admin
istration is for the benefit Of the citizen
and the taxpayer, a theory which has I'M
happily been neglected in the United
States until our city management is a
thing of disappointment and reproach.
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Politics and Fashion.

Where there are kings they set the
fashion in dress. sports and other things,
and even in our beloved republic here We
look to authority for steer in those mat
tiers.
Mr.. Cleveland was fond Of fishing and
hunting. 1t suited his temperament to sit
in a boat or on the bank of a stream
and fill his basket with fish. He enjoyed
also the seclusion Of blind and waiting
for ducks. His skill was not great with
either rod or gun, but it was only neces-
sary for him to manifest his taste to set a
fashion. Men who had never cast line
before began to fish, while others who
had never before pulled trigger wearied
themselves almost to death trying to
bring down wild things in the woods or
swamps A sort Of fishing and hunting
craze set up among the democratic poll
ticians.
General Harrison liked gun. and was
a good shot. The result was an increase
during his administration in that line OF
exercise and entertainment. Fields and
woods were vocal with the reports OF
weapons In the hands Of amateur sports
men. banging away often at the peril OF
passers-by and one another. But both the
feathered and the finny tribes fiourished.
The increase everywhere was marked.
The real hunters. in disgust. relaxed their
activities. and the make-believes had the
ground all to themselves.
Mr.. Mckinley had no speciality. and his
time at the head of affairs was marked by
no affectations on the part of his admir-
ers.- But when Mr.. Roosevelt came on the
scene with his horseback riding, his ten
mis- playing and his shooting parties. a
very rash broke out. Thousands began
copying the man in the White House.
Tennis became more popular than ever;
men dressed themselves in rough suits
and went after big game who could not
have hit cigar stand Indian across the
street; while there were seen on the roads
in and about this town alone persons try
ing to take horseback exercise who were
pathetic objects to behold, 50 little did
they know about the management Of a
mount, and so uncomfortable id they ap-
pear in the saddle.
Just now the craze is golf. Judge Taft
likes the game, and plays it yell. and all
the politicians are learning. They have
laid aside the rod and the gun, sold their
saddle horses and are perfecting them
selves in an exercise which the probable
next President approves. Golf, however.
it must be admitted. has in itself. or
should have. fascination, for politicians.
Putting persons In holes u the feature of
their trade upon which they most thrive.
At golf they practice with balls.
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Mr.. Fairbanks at Quebec.
This Is from the Toronto Sun:


1.-The people of Canada had not until re-
Gently taken Vice President Fairbanks of
the United States very seriously. This
was due to the fact that as Vice Presi-
dent he had been completely overshad-
owed by the particularly strenuous indi-
vidual occupying the chief office in the
republic.
Canadians have, however been both
surprised and gratified at the elevated
sentiment marking the speech which Mr..
Fairbanks delivered at the Quebec cele-
bration. and, in the letter written by him
to Earl Grey shortly before leaving Can
ada In what was said in. speech and
letter Mr.. Fairbanks has, we believe, ex-
pressed the best sentiment of his fellow
countrymen, and one that is fully recip-
rocated on this side of the line. The
cause of human brotherhood has been
promoted by what Mr. Fairbanks has
said and done"
Thus we see that outsiders are much
like ourselves. in apnraisIng our public
| men. Noise counts sin the equation It
| is often the case. that a quiet and con-
sentative man is not taken very seri-
| Ously." If taken at all, by the public He
| is expected to blow his horn vigorously,
| and failing to do so is overlooked, or rated
poorly.
| But such a man in Office, while missing
a great influence for good. He is the one
from whom elevated sentiments" and,
still better, elevated performances, are
to be expected. He has the time and
the taste for such things. The tumultu-
GUS individual is not always an agent for
progress. He is often buster with his
pose than with the object Of his activi-
ties.
Publicity is valuable. but not an un-
mixed good. 1t incites to pose and
proclamation, with the result that men
inclined to show often come to a higher
rating than they deserve. The reading
public demands entertainment, and
names appearing often in print in con-
nection with good stories or stirring
events come into consideration far be-
yond their real value. The owners may
be very ordinary individuals.
Our congressional history may be cited
in support of this view. Much Of the
best work of Congress is done by men
but little advertised and out of the lime
light. Behind committee doors measures
Of the highest value are shaped. But
later in the open House or Senate, with
| the galleries crowded and excitement
high, fluent and aggressive takers. with
nothing but fluency and aggressiveness
to their credit, often take the floor and
appear to be the authors of all the good
going forward. The public hears about
them, but little if anything about those
really entitled to the praise.
But, as in this case of Mr.. Fairbanks,
the capable and less assertive man now
and then gets a chance. 1t takes an
occasion and a subject of Importance to
develop him, but when they meet and he
is assigned to them he invariably shows
his quality. and gratifies all in interest
who are looking to him for an adequate
discharge OF his commission.
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Vanadium Steel.

An officer of the navy has just perfected
a submarine torpedo. carrying an inner
tube which virtually forms the barrel of
a htgh-power gun, and from which an
explosive projectile Is thrown at the mo-
ment OF contact between the torpedo and
the side Of a ship. Experiments thus far
have demonstrated that this projectile
has sufficient penetrative force to pierce
a steel target tank. passing through the
outer shell twice and also three bulkheads
of five-eighths-inch Steel. While no men,
ton is made in the dispatches of the
thickness of the targets exterior shell. 1t
is apparently accepted by those who wit
messed the tests that the new weapon
promises a revolution in. naval warfare.
1t is believed that no longer will it be
possible to protect ship from torpedo
fire by dropping steel chain sheets over
the sides while within range Of torpedo
boats. The belief Is that the, projectile-
torpedo will penetrate the vitals of a ship
in any known circumstances.
TIE most important feature Of this in
vention IS the fact that the new projec-
-iiS-tcrpedc has been made possible by
- discovery that an alley of steel with
he newly found steel vanadium is not
merely unusually stout, but extraordi-
narily light. II Is claimed that this alloy
Las all the strength of the finest steel and
only cne-tenth the weight. Yet the guam
tty of vanadum used in the making of
this alloy is only one-quarter Of 1 per
cent. 1t appears to have a peculiar eff
feet. known in metallurgy as scavenger-
ing, literally the elimination of certain
gases from the steel composition. So sue
cessful has been the production of the
alloy that 1t Is being used now by makers
Of aeroplanes and dirigible balloons. The
Wright brothers. it is said. are employing
1t in the manufacture of their soaring ap-
paratus. 1t is superior to aluminium,
which was once expected to lead to great
chances in many lines of mechanical con-
struction. Aluminium is undoubtedly the
nghtest metal now practically produced,
but it lacks sufficient tensile strength
to render it Of value in certain lines of
construction where stoutness and rigidity
are required.
Should the vanadium alloy meet the
present expectations 1t may be necess ary
for naval architects entirely to revise
their practices. Here again Is demon
strated the persistent conflict between
gun and armor. The history of naval
construction has been a succession of de-
feats alternately for the projectile and
the plate. So intense was the rivalry be-
tween the gun and the armor that both
were carried at one time to extremes
and twenty-inch- guns and fve-foOt
armor were talked about as imminent
possibilities. These. however, were pro-
hibitive extensions Of the respective prin-
ciples of offense and defense. and the
modern battleship is believed to represen,
the maximum of both penetrative and
resistent quality in keeping with require
ments of navigl alton. II the vanadium
tube proves equal to the expectations of
its inventor that highly evolved engine of
war. the Dreadnought battleship type,
may soon become obsolete.
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Illinois.

! The Illinois primary seems to- have
been marked by some interesting and
neighborly features. Many democrats
are charged with voting as republicans.
They did not like Gov. Dineen, and so
assisted those of his own party who were
irving to put him out of business. Now
the authorities are looking into the mat
ter with a view of prosecution. and
uneasy are the heads that are wearing
the double crowns. The Investigation
ought to be pushed to the limit. There
seems to be no end of skulduggery. IN
elections, but every new wrinkle of the
kind should be traced to, it's source. and
it's author or authors and its applier or
appliers punished. What cannot be en-
tirely cured should be as far as possible
discouraged.
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The WOOD-NOTES OF GREATNESS.

From north and from south
And from east and from west,
Come rumblings Of trouble
And sounds OF unrest.
There's a thrill In the air,
4 throb on the breeze
Oh, what Is the meaning
OF rumors like thesef
From the wood on the left.
From the hill on the right,
From the valley below.
By day and by night
Strange noises are heard
Like the echoes Of thunder,
And far cities pause
In q palsy OF wonder.
By the murmuring stream
Where the hum OF the bees
And the song of the locust,
Safe bid in the trees.
And the plash OF f1Sh
And the creak OF an oar
Were the sounds punctuating
The stiffness OF yore-
Where family the sigh
OF the zephyr was heard
And the sibilant song
OF q timorous bird.
Large voices now rattle
The leaves with their shout,
And thousands are cheering
Yet, what's # about?
It's a puzzle too deep
For you ard for me,
Though the why OF II all
Perhaps We shall see
When Congress begins
And the members astute
Give old Uncle Joe
The Chautauqua salute.
Newark Evening News,
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THE WANING SEASON.

The summertime is neeting fast,
Vacation days win soon b. past.
Then each anxious mother
Will count the girls with whom she's blest,
And look for signs Of a conquest
OF one kind or another.
And II she finds there's no success,
Twill disap appoint her more or less,
As she thought each q hummer
Her plans and plots all gone FOR naught,
And Jane or Sue or Madge not caught:
Oh, Lord! another summer!
Brooklyn Times.
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MYRTILLA REDIVIVA.

Myrtilla, dear, You have returned
To all the troubles Of the town.
You are considerably burned
And brown.
You've summered at a swell resort,
And yet IL seems you've failed TO bring
That earnest of-that pledge-in short,
ring
And was there none that sought to woo7
No heart that yearned yours TO possessf
No shipping clerk TO beg you TO
Say yes:
Oh, whole OF heart and fancy free
oh. words that simply will not mince
Myrtilla. dearest. You must be
A ounce.
thought TO lose you. my Myrtil:
But no. you're back in the old place.
And yet, tenacious jade, you NIL
Up space.
New York Evening Man
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VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
THE THREE CONDITIONS.

Good poems are not written
BY the comfortable man.
Who feels the hahn Of perfect calm
Throughout his beings plan.
But let some pleasure shake him
With sudden Joy-rgad,
Tn write In style that's worth the whiles
When am glad.
Or let a blighting sorrow
Descend upon my head.
That makes me reel with pam, and feel
I woul be better dead
Then. when the world Is worthless,
And life no more can add
A heavier wrong. I'll write good song
When am sad!
But. let the world Insult me
With foul injustice done
By deed pen to fellow men
tOr mel. look out for fun!
Oh. then the hidden genius
Breaks forth In me. my lad
! sure can do a thing or two.
When l am mad.
Cleveland Leader.
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The appeal of the District Jail warden
to the President for the removal of a
tubercular prisoner from that institution
calls attention to two facts which are i'm
portant at this. time. First Is that the
Jail has no hospital accommodations. and
that under the law at present there is no
method for transferring a prisoner suffer-
ing from a dangerous disease beyond its
walls for treatment. The second fact Is
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Mr.. Bryan's assertion that the repub-
lican leaders ought to fast in the wilder
ness may rouse Nebraska to some inquiry
as to whether, assuming that the same
advice applies to democrats. 1t is to be
classed as a wilderness, and, If so.
whether Mr.. Bryan has been really fast
ing,
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Next in Order.

I'VE must do something to preserve
the trees" exclaimed the summer
boarder.
Well" answered Farmer Corntossel,
we've been preservin' tomatoes an
watermelon rinds an most everything
else. I don't see why we should draw
the line at trees"
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The ORIGIN.

There's nothing new beneath the sun
So runs an ancient pruyerb sadly,
As IL from some one ON the run
Whose line Of dope was battered badly;
In fact, judged by Its wailing note
Its strain of woe so wanly solemn,
I'll bet its author was n pote
Who had to run q daily column"
Nashville Tennesseean.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Would Be an Objection.

"Does your wife play bridge whist?'
1T don't know" answered Mr.. Meekton.
But I don't think So / understand
there are times in the game when you
have to keep quiet and let your partner
play your hand. I'm sure that wouldn't
suit Henrietta
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The General PROGRAM.

=
The big books tell us how this little
world,
In early stages,
Amid a blazing universe was whirled.
Perhaps for ages.
IT'S said by men whose scientific skill
Was widely boosted
It wasn't fit for human service till
1t had been roasted.
And nearly all good things-'tis true,
though queer
Are not completed
Until subjected to an atmosphere
Quite superheated.
Our daily bread is baked, and after that
TITS often toasted,
And daintiest viands seem exceeding
fiat
Until they're roasted.
And so cheer up, We earnest folk who
To aid conditions,
Ye artists of all kinds, We warriors
brave,
Ye politicians!
Before the world accords what is your
1t must be posted
BY critical disputes; and therefore you
Are likewise roasted"
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In addition to its other distinctions. In
diana has chance of being known as the
mother of Vice Presidents.
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Every now and then Gov. Hughes
arouses a certain amount of profess
sional resentment by asserting himself
as a practical politician who practices
what he breaches
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The prohibition candidate enjoys a GER
tain immunity from challenges to joint
debate. No one cares to stand forth de-
liberately as a recognized champion of the
demon rum.
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In few years the interstate commerce
commission may have to be sitting up
nights to determine whether an airship
line ought to be held tbwn to two-cent
fares,
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Campaign monographs may have to be
watched more or less to keep them out Of
the unnecessary noise class.
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The flying machine is away ahead Of the
horse; but it takes money to make it 60,
as in the case of the proverbial mare.
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The town Of Taft, NJ mt, was burned.
but the post office wau saved. together
with a grocery store and saloon. This
ought to be a nucleus
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Superabundance.

ooh, scatter sunshine" runs the song,
"And brighten every spot"
But with the summer heat so strong
I'd really rather not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16

The sheath gown is unquestionably more
shocking than the smart seaside bathing
suit. although you may not be able to
tell just why.
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Some Satisfaction.

II suppose you look for peace now
that you have given your people a con-
stitution."
Not exactly" answered the monarch.
But it will give the lawyers something
to discuss for few generations. 1 have
at least started different kind Of an
argument"
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Advocates of convict labor on the high
ways see no reason why bad men should
not make good roads.
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The Turkish method Of disposing of
diplomats must be more or less admired
by President Castro.
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1t may be safely assumed that nobody
edited Mr.. Bryan's speech Of acceptance;
not even Mr.. Gompers.
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E:azil is apprehensive OF war and does
not expect it to be any mere South
Am rican revolution. either.
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Tuberculosis at the Jail.

Senator Foraker is expected to go on
nahins a noise like discreet silence.
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Financial and Social News.

II see you are still engaged in high
finance"
"A little" confessed Mr.. Cumrox.
How are things going?"
Same as usual I'm doing my best to
keep my name out of the newspapers,
and mother and the girls are doing
their best to get theirs in"
New-York tribune., 1908-12-20
PARL[AMENT'S LAB0RS
THE LIBERAL OCTLOOh.
Lords Nag Adopt Budget-Fesoer
Three-Corncred Elections
rsrects1 ty French Cssls &c The Tribune

fCous-zht 1905 hy The TTibune Assocl@sio1-1
London. Dec Is-wIth enfeebled drone OF
debate. but without final paroxysns Of partisan
shin the session Of Parliament Is winding up
The legislative results are large. when the Port
Of london bill the chiIdren's bill and the miner 5
.irht-l1our law are added 70 the Irish University
and the old sge pension schemes. Yet the Iall-
s.reS outweigh the successes when moral issues
ike temperance and religious liberation have
been defeated by the -caucuses at LansdoV ne
House and Church House The temporary
furry II enthusiasm over Nj Asquiths pTocla-
nation respecting the veto q the LORDS mas
PASSED. and there IS much Radical and whiggish
ciscontent with the Prernier's leadership Inc
Moderate Liberals are frightened By socialist
tendencies. and the Advanced Radicals are sulk-
fng ever deferred hopes. Difficulties ef leader
E7fp viii increase 4 the factions prove un1nan-
aEeable
Permanent department officials and Unionist
- hips are convinced that the dissolution Of
Parliament VIII occur in NAY or June, after the
budget Is produced There are rumors that
David Lloyd-L7eorge and Winston Spencer
C7z-chrl favor this course. but these are pre-
mature. The ministers are exhausted with the
Erduous lab0rs Of the session. and DO not kno"
their own minds. They viii be b-aced UP in
the middle OF February If the Chancellor of the
Ixchequer succeeds in finding new revenues for
rvo u- three years The expectation that the
Lords VIII throw out the budget and force an
appeal To the country Is based on the assump-
ton that there wiz be evolutionary principles
o. land taxation. There must. however, be a
new system II vaIuiug land before The proposals
q Ihe refo-0ers can be carried Out. and taxes
Of this sort cannot be made available al once
for 1he Treasu-y's Use. The Moderate Liberals
forecast budget which win bear heavily against
the pub.icans and the wealthy class, without
containing anything -evolutiona-y OF jusJifyi0g
the Lords II rejecting L ard suspenGing the
financial administration Prominent Tory Lords
assHrt -haJ The budget VIII he approved. bad as
4 may be. since heavy taxation viii be the most
practical method Of discreditfnE the government
and introducing -arir reform as an alternative
policy
Theories are more plentiful than facts when
Parliament and the clubs are breaking up for
The holidays. Il Is not denied. however that the
election than are the Juicniscs as far as canGi-
dates are concerned The master OF Eawarden
Clads-oIe's grandson. viii be among The Liberal
candidates.. and. with The exception OF . few
retiring veterans. all the members Of that side
VII seek Reelection. Another fact IS that there
rEiu be fewer Labor Or Socialist candidates. il
cs'lsegueuce Of me recent decision Of the courts
prohibiting the use Of trade union funds To-
political purposes The reduction in The number
cf -hree-co-lere5 fights viii help the Liberals
I y F