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New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

in the oak tree when the English Governor, Ed
mund Andres, came to take it away Inc
Wadsworth Inn, which he conducts in Albany
avenue. has been in the family for five genera
tons the present building being erected eighty
wears ago. WadsWorth arrested recently
and sentenced in the city court to thirty days
each on two counts for violation Of the liquor
law He refused to appeal. and declares that
when his term of sixty days is finished he will
pay his fine of SO and costs and so home
After sentence had been pronounced on
Wadsworth he was taken from the courtroom
to the jail in the police automobile patrol. All
the way to the jail the springs of the vehicle
creaked and groaned. and the chauffeur drove
slowly. fearing every moment that the auto
mobile would break down the way. Since
Wadsworth cannot be put into cell, he will be
confined in the hospital ward of the jail until
his term is ended. He takes his imprisonment
philosoDhicaly, and remarked to a number Of
newspaper men who called him the other
day:
- haven't any kick coming. l have a good
bed here plenty of good food to eat and would
just as soon spend the next two months here as
any place else. The March winds never did ap
peal TO me. anyhow"
Wadsworth is sixty years old, although he
doesn't look it, and he says it doesn't pay to
worry. That he practises what he breaches in
this respect every one who knows him viii ad-
init. One thing which causes him regret is the
fact that he is fast losing his activity on aC-
count of his weight. Time when he was
able to tramp through the woods for twenty
five or thirty miles with gun on his shoulder.
Now he is scarcely able TO dress himself. and
cannot put on his shoes.
When q boy he rather slim. although big
in frame. In 1854 he weighed 240 pounds and
since that time has added nearly two hundred
pounds 10 his avoirdupois. He is the president
of the Fat Mems Club of Connecticut. which
holds an annual clambake at Lake Compounce
every year, and holds his office not only by
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
THE LENGTH OF HAUL.

The length Of haul is an ali important corssss-,.
ton to the coal man. for the success OF ais buy
ness depends on the number Of deliveries thai y.
can make in day The customer fifteen blocs,
away has 10 have his coal ct the sa1e price ss "a.
customer across the street from the pockets though
the difference in the cost Of delivery nav amour,
pedfents to avoid waste cf tine in hauling Raw,
naught. One Of the most recert and ingerior,
consmplated 4 kind Of clearing house arrary.
n-ent by which one dealer would transfer far
away customers order 10 another dealer rho,,
plant vas more accessible This would De aIrros-
equivalent to a merger OF all dealers in civ and
was manifestly impraCticable.
Another suggestion that a central rrucktn.
company be formed, with branches in different
localities to take of the deliveries of al dssI-
ers. This central trucking company was to ur.-
vent needlessly long journeys n get the MAXIMUM
service out of the trucks Y might a-rar.a to-
example, for a truck, after serving CUSTOMER
70 load up at another plant than tbs one rom
which il started and serve 4 second customer On
the return trip This scheme was put down AZ
chimerical by experienced coal dealers and nsvr
received serious consideration
Present conditions in the labor market nav. ,s
introduced new problems for the coal deaI.r rs
men who used TO serve as drivers have hscons
mechanics and artisans and trucking has been
given up TO a less Intelligent class Some OF The
mistakes that drivers make Iudicrous. yu
long ago one opened the r1anhoIe Of a sewer I'd
dumped four tons Of coal into IT, supposng tiat 10
was supplying the cellar Of a customer.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
TRUCKING AN UNCERTAIN ELENyr

Trucking presents the most TROUBLESOME. ,-,.,
that the New York coal dealer has 10 u1eat -
other features of his business are more Or Ian. -
same all the time. and he Knows whers he a, .,
But the uncertainty Of tie weather eutar. -.
peculiar force into the carriage OF coal throrv, -.
streets. One month. everything goes srnoothIv- -
next. horses drop OF. two and three dav g.
sheer exhaustion.
Three years ago dealer lost Just halr hs -
in winter. owing to continuous weeks % -.
and sIeet. That year ne had to ctarra - ~
against wear and tear on horses aud +-r...,
Many OF the horses were shot while Other. :
longer fit for heavy work. were sold at a5our -.
tenth Of what>t they cost
The truth of the matter was this deals- -.
that had to kill our horses 10 keen orr -
sumers in coal There's no denying II ua, -,
work for the beasts. We tried TO make II a -
could for them but-wefI. New York h.s :.
have it's COAL and there you are"
The coal man likes to see the ulercurv t,n -.
he doesn't like the SNOW When It is cold ard a..
he prospers. but when the snow falls tbs 49,,
cost of delivery takes away the joy that ST.,
cold weather would bring Sometimes an -
gency' price is put on, more with the hoos t.,+ .
will scare customers Of trnaks them pastrona ,s
orders than in the hope OF profit. The dealers -
they would like to shut Up and 20 out os brz,,...
during a snow, IL it were possible
Extra horse power has u be obtaine5 ub.- -.
streets are slippery with snow. and that fs t5a -
time when the snow removing contracro-z Ar. -
ing all the available horses and trucks E,-,
ing snow is. the stable owners considar a "-t,-s.
compared to hauling coal. and the coal dealers .,
little satisfaction when they go out after nors.s
snow tiu.A
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
PAINTED PIANOS
In DEMAND.
INSTRUMENTS VALUED At
SI5, 900 EACH.
Scenes froE, Well knoscn Operas on
Cases-4 Piftsburger's Idea
of High Art.

There was 4 time when piano only piano.
and tl1at ali there VAS 10 it For decades
piano builders gave AL their attention 10 souild
mechanism aud trere about as much VARIETY ia
-,;a-,a sxter:ors as there telegraph poles The
case was OF rosewood or mahogany Your plano
had serrentine moulding it did not have 1t
had ansular legs or curved ones. That was about
al the variety you could get and you could pay
your money and take EcG- choice
Tho riano makers o. To-Day are q unit in de-
carng that the vogue Of the ugly piano case, with
its huge. unshapely. elephantine legs and unre-
nese6 lines is gone forever. The American demands
almost wide range of choice in piano cases as
in furniture, and gets it Out of this demand
strengthened by European example, has grown the
painted piano.
7 is true that some OF the more elaborate
spineIs of Colonial days were hand painted, but
the development OF the pianoforte did not carry
with il the decoration Of the case Perhaps this
was due TO the lideousness Of most of the scenes
inflicted on the long suffering spinet Any way,
when the piano began TO he considered an article OF
furniture and ornament its artistic aspect assumed
importance So long simple. haircloth furniture
held its vogue the old rosewood standby was good
enough Its passing with more frequent trips
70 Europe and the introduction of type or period
furniture into American homes.
The identical case piano was doomed with the
first white and gold music room The CLUMSY, Old
-ype piano was so of harmony that even its
music appreciated Makers were forced 10
7u.n TO cl-lv maple and other light woods They
took long hreaths and gided and e1amelied the
cases
The piano was the last piece Of furniture to fall
the decorators hands. but il may stay longer
presenting possibilities than tables chairs
At first the casenakors were content TO conform TO
a particular period. with the idea of fitting the
piano into Surroundings One of the flrst deco
rstve examples OF Of the Oldest purely Anler1-
can piano houses iniaid work along nlarQuetry-
lines.
There a year when Louis XVI piano cases
were ali the rage. Then came Empires and Henry
TE-s There WAS fad for white and gold cases.
which went hecase of the Ehostliness Of white
enamel ard because American enamellers could
uot OBTAIN the cpalescent effects Of the Partisan
p-crk1en.
Bat there Is more 70 IL Americans learned that
some tie great artists Of Europe did 5corD
. use their brushes on piano cases : few rich
mn selI % Europe tvr hand painted piano cases
and imported rhen without interior mechanism
The imported exterior better than anything
made here
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

fall through . stationary wooden chute th.s -
sists of a series OF inclined shelves tn. -
drops gently from one OF these shelves to "A.
below.
This minimizes the breakage. bu. By n.
prevents IT. No inventor has yet bean -
enough to find means Of obviating the Io.. -
the breakase OF anthracite coal This loss !. -
mated at or per cent of the market price ~.
a thorn In the flesh Of the dealer but he in bss.I
TO prevent It,
The loss Is based the fact that tn. H.
sizes Of anthracite are scarcer. in xreat.r -.
and consequently bring higher prices Was, -
nut coal breaks a great deal OF IT falls in4, -
pea class. and pea sells from q 20 "a &, >
cheaper than chestnut A load OF chestnut -,
from New Jersey in a sco~ Is part ehestnu, @ sA.
part pea BY the time 1t reaches the pocket Besr.
being sent out TO the consumer II has to oa,, -
a screen that the small pieces-nnaaa -
through breakage-may 20 through the ons-t~-s
in the screen and be put into the proper class
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

right of election but by right of weight 1or no
is the heaviest man in the CLUB.
He has been collector of books, ana his
library which he recently disposed or con-
tanned one thousand volumes. He Is a siea
lover Of birds, and most of his DOCKS "ei0
works on ornithology, although books on uasei
exploration and history also interested him, ana
he bought many works dealing with Colonial
history.
Since his Imprisonment a number of prorni7
nent citizens who sympathize with him ana
would gladly go his bail have called on him.
and they are making every effort to make his
stay in Jail as comfortable as possible.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
idE NOTICED II. 100.

4 one-armed man entered restaurant at noon
and seated himself next to dapper little other
people s. business The latter noticed
his neighbors left sleeve hanging loose and kept
ewing it in a ow-dd- happen sort of a way. The
one armed paid 10 attention 70 him, but kept
on eating with his one hand. Finally the inquisi-
tive one could stand it no longer. He changed his
position a little, cleared his throat. and said II
beg pardon sir; but see you have lost arm"
The one-arned man picked UP his sleeve with
his right hand and peered anxiously into it. Bless
my SOUL" he exclaimed looking up with great
prise. Il do believe you're ri6ht:-Eve-y body s
Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
INDIAN YARNS.

Lord Roberts, IN his hobk. tells good story Of
native Indian servant who had been told prepare
Il bath a certain hour. a fierce attack Was in
the mean while delivered by the enemy, ard In the
thick of IL the servant, who had made his way
through the storm OF bullets, suddenly appeared
headquarters staff. ''Sahib,'' said he
his master your bath is ready even better
story is told by ii. Settle. which from the
Naiakand in Chitral, and which concerns IA subal-
tern VINO was awakened morning by brother
subalfern's servant pulling "A his foot "Sahib"
WI the servant anticipating wrath. 'Sahh,
what am / o do? My master told me Ia wake hin,
half past six. and he has not gone to bed til
sevenl-Dundee Advertiser.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
NEW YORK CITY'S
APPETITE FOR COAL
IT REQUIRES NINE MILL
ION TONS Il YEAR.
One-tenth of Combined Retail Jon
mage of the Country Con-
sumed Here.

Nothing better illustrates the importance OF Ne"
York City coal consumer than the Vo'ac"'
of the furnaces of the downtown skyscrapers- oI'o
building now under construction will consume ""
tons of coal day, another between 10 and II" IONS.
another 30 tons Many a one already uses lo,"U
tons year. The erection Of a new skyscraper Oh
the average size means that 200 more carloads OF
coal must be brought into the city every Twelve
months, and that is computed on the OASIS 'hd'
each car has capacity of 100000 pounds
The anthracite consumed in this city annually
including for tugs and for railroads WITHIN the
city limits, amounts to 9O0o,1c tons Ihs Is ihoio
than one-eighth of the entire marketaDie output.
The consumption of bitumnous coal has oeen esu-
mated at {. 100000 tons year
The strictly retail trade in the city, as distinct
from the trade Of wholesalers and the coal COM
panies direct, amounts at latest estimate 10 'oo'
tons nearly 100000 tons more than are sofa
at retail in the cold Northwestern states of North
Dakota. South Dakota and Minnesota combined
The retail coal business of the city Is greater thah
that of any state in the Union, except, or course.
New York State. OF the total retail trade of the
ten largest cities in the country Ne" forhs Is
more than one-third. IL is nearly equal to the
trade of Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston com
bined with a large suburban tonnage included in
the figures for the three cities The total retail
tonnage of the United States is estimated al pcD-
COO so that New York's is one-tenth of the coun-
trys.
Nearly everybody has heard about the growth OF
street car traffic New York. how the pressure of
travel becomes heavier with every day and now
more people carried in the street cars OF New
York City than by all of the steam railroads or the
country combined. Few know. perhaps, that coal
consumption has grown in much the same fashion
A who is part owner of several modern
coal handling plants did total business of fifty
five tons In his first month. That was in the IUs;
the young beginner in the business thought that he
was doing well. and he was-for those days His
payroll amounted TO SIS week. Total sales OF
ninety-three the second month made him swell
out his chest with pride.
Now. sometimes / deliver GO tons before break
fast time said this last month, "and
yet business doesn't look 5 rosy to these days
it did then That may sound queer suppose.
but the troubles have grown quite as fast as the
consumption of coal"
Compared TO the simplicity and the crudeness of
the old methods, the modern handling of coal is
like well oiled piece of machinery beside a pick
and shovel Intricacies that were not dreamed
of by the former generation have combined to
make coal distribution in great city science in
which the utmost possible saving of time and labor
must be effected Some idealists have predicted
that electricity Will suppant horses the motive
power for the coal trucks, and if this is effected
the Transformation will be complete.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08
MARIE ANToINETTe's GUILLoTiNE.

The question Is being mooted as TO ~.,,,S cea-
the FIRST guiilotine. On this point 4 sN.sei ~ ons
tury machine with a silex blade Invented :! !sssg
Jacques CallOt. has been found 10 ll.sh5rs ..
IN the most admirable manner. When uaS u, r1 10
the type invented by GuilOtn was niSt ~ sxs-
dread use Is not known. but that used ~ t-srl;n.-
London Globe
New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

Hyker-Troubled with indigestion en-,;rS
should drink cup of hot water every NJ NJ ncss4
Pyker-I do: but they call IL coffee AT H'
Ing house.-Chicago News.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-28
REVOLT FROM
BRITISH YOKE
NATIVES OF INDIA, ENCOUR-
AGED BY SUCCESS OF JAPAN,
ARE PLANNING TO THROW
OFF BRITISH RULE

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-That the
natives of India are preparing to
shake off the British yoke is the
opinion of Captain William Rohde of
the German steamship Neidrenfels,
just in from the Orient. The cap
tain says that throughout the East
the natives are getting over the idea
that the white man is their logical
master and are preparing to declare
themselves.
The a00,000,O0O natives of India,
he believes, are preparing to strike a
blow for freedom, and he expects it
! to come soon. The success of Japan
in the war with Russia, he believes,
has much to do with the changed
conditions in the far East. He says:
I'm the Punjab district the agita-
tors are urging the natives to open
revolt The white man throughout
the East is pn longer looked upon as
the natural lord and master. It is
generally believed AMONG the ma
tives that what the Japanese did the
Indians can do also, and it will not
be very long, tc my mind, before
there will be serious trouble all over
Asia"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-28
WALLACE TIMES
is SUSPENDED
TROUBLE WITH LOCAL TYPO
, GRAPHICAL UNION CAUSES
PAPER TO STOP IT'S DAILY UNI
TIL TERMS ARE Adjusted

WALLACE, Ida, Jan. 2S.-The
Wallace Daily Times, the first daily
paper ever published in the Occur
d'Alenes, which has been in exist
ence since July 8, 1906. has sus-
pended publication indefinitely, ow-
ing to troubl ewith the Topographic
cal union as to the status of a for
mer employe. Sunday morning the
Times company sent it's subscribers
small pamphlet containing
statement of the trouble. This
statement opens with this para
graph:
Rather than permit a disgrun-
tied employe to dictate the policy of
the business management of the pa
per, the Times has suspended publ
cation until such time as the own
ers can be assured of fair and i'm
partial treatment in the conduct of
the affairs of the paper This action
was only taken after every effort to
N~S' satisfactory arrangement
had been exhausted, and after the
local typographical union had reach
ed decision contrary to what the
Times considers fair and square
DEAL"
Two weeks ago the Times COM
pany, following out general policy
of curtailment, decided to dispense
with the day machine operator, F.
j. Glenn. 1t was then claimed by
members of the union that Mr..
Glenn had seniority over one of the
two night operators, and would have
to supp'ant that operator. To this
the Times company objected on the
ground that Mr.. Glenn, while a ma
chinist, was not competent opera
tor. A conference with the local
executive committee resulted in the
decision that the regular night OPP
orators should continue in his posi-
ton until ruling could be had from
the international union.
Then, the statement adds, it was
learned that Mr.. Glenn, who had
found work as substitute for sick
man, was circulating stories to dis
credit the paper and was gathering
evidence for suit he claimed he
would bring against the Times com
pany.
The foreman was notified that Mr..
Glenn would be barred from the Of
flee or the Times would suspend The
foreman refused to bar Mr., Glenn,
and the local union sustain
ed the foreman, and the paper sus-
pended, throwing 20 employees out of
work.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-28
He FAvORS
CREDIT NOTES
CHICAGO PROFESSOR OF ECO.
N0MICS FAvORS BANKERS
PLAN OF ASSET CURRENCY TO
OBvIATE STRINGENCY

CHICAGO, Jan. 28.-Professor J.
Lawrence Laughlin, head of the de-
partment of economies at the Uni
versity of Chicago, and one of the
highest authorities on finance in the
United States, believes that the
guaranteed credit note measure
brought out week ago by the
American Bankers association COM
mittee should become a law.
Professor Laughlin, in 1895,
framed a monetary system for the
San Domingo government, was a
member of the indianapolis curren-
cy commission in 1897 and is the
author of many books.
In declaring he favored the asset
currency measure of the bankers as
ISOLATION, Professor Laughlin en-
phasized three important points
which he considered recommended
the plan to the public most strongly.
They are:
1. The bill provided for note is
sues that will be absolutely safe.
Q. The measure offers complete
protection against ination.
3. 1t would provide an elastic
currency for the actual needs OF
business.
81 favor the plan developed by the
currency commission of the Ameri-
can ankers' association" said Prof.
Laughlin, in an interview, because
under the present circumstances 1t
seems to be the most feasible of all
the remedis thus far offred. It is
not perfect bill, but it is long
step in the right ERECTION"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-28
FOWLER'S PLAN
CENTRAL BANK
ATTACKS sUBTREAsURY SYSTEM
OF GOVERNMENT AND UN-
WISE PLAN OF BOND-sECURED
CURRENCY

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-The
street railway systems of the Dis
trict of Columbia and the financial
question occupied the time of the
house yesterday. The latter subject
was discussed by Mr.. Fowler, chair
man of the committee on banking
and currency, in an exhaustive
speech in which he opposed bond
secured currency and the PROPOSE
ton looking to the establishment of
q central bank. Mr.. Fowler used for
his text the bill introduced by him
early in the present month, provid-
ing, among other things, for bank
redemption districts, which he e.
gued would meet national emergen-
cies. Mr.. Fowler declared the Unit
ed States had the worst financial
and currency process In the world,
instead of the best.
What is the acute question:" he
inquired. SIS it a bond-secured cur
rency? If that were a wise and
proper form of currency" he asked,
"wwhy had not some nation adopted
1t by this time? Japan tried it over
night, but quickly gave it up"
Mr.. Fowler favored coming re-
serves of gold. United States notes,
he said, were mere promises to pay,
mere piec of fiat issued during the
war. They had never been retired
because neither the republicans nor
the democrats ever had the courage
to do their duty.
The subtreasury system of the
government was attacked by Mr..
Fowler as curse to trade and COM
merce. "Tt is source of suspicion, ("
he declared, "a source of hatred. a
source of sectional rivalry"
He said he knew nothing more
constantly aroused sectional feeling
than this distribution of money in
times of stress. U. s. money, he said,
was disturbing factor in the COM
merce OF the world, and he main
tained that remedy for this evil
could be supplied by the government
by depositing its money in the bank
every day by check and draft, and
BY drawing it out by check and draft
Just like any other business institu-
lion.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-28

OF D. D. D. and started to use it. My
lace and mustache were all full OF
the disease. The sample did me good
and | wrote for a dollar bottle, and
now my face is smooth as a baby's.
My head was full of dandruff and
always ltched, my hair was coming
out, but has stopped now. This has
all disappeared and l feel 20 years
younger. l would not be afraid to
guarantee D. D. d. to cure eczema
and dandruff in the worst stages. /
would also advise that all BARRIERS
tell their customers who have dan
druff to send at once for a dollar
bottle of D. D. D. and get cured"
A liberal sample bottle can be had
free postpaid by writing the D. D.
d. Co., 112 Michigan St., Chicago,
ILL.,, enclosing only 1Oc to help pay
cost of packing and mailing. Or you
can find this wonderful! remedy on
sale by Owl Drug Co., Lewiston,
ldaha, where you may also get free
booklets on treatment and care of
the skin, dieting and bathing.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-28
Many to Hear Taft

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. est is
expected that the presidential stock
of Secretary Taft will be given an
other decided boom tomorrow night,
when he will deliver an address on
the political issues of the day before
the Tippesanoe club.
Republican political leaders from
all over Ohio will gather around the
banquet board to cheer the utter,
ances of Secretary Taft, and he will
be given an enthusiastic greeting as
'the next president of the United
States