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    Glasgow’s Great Success
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By Frederic C. Howe.
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HE private company predicted failure, said the city would go
bankrupt. So they refused to sell the council their cars, be-
I cause they expected the system to come back to them in a
short time,
== The first thing the city did was to reduce the hours and
ifi increase the wages of the employes, Then free uniforms
were added, along with five days’ holiday each year on pay.
This increased consgideration for the employes now costs the
department someéthing like $500,000 a year. The council
did not stop here. Hauls were lengthened and fares cut down 23 percent. To
day one may ride % half-mile forwa cent; two and one-third miles for two cents,
and three and a half miles for three cents, For fares are arranged on the
zone system, You pay for what you get., The main thing is, what does the
average rider pay? In 1005 it wag 1.89 cents, while the average fare charged
per mile was ninetent, , of a cent. Of the 195,000,000 passengers carried, 20
percent paid but one cent, 60 percent but two cents, and only 10 percent of
the total number carried paid more than the latter sum. All fares in excess
of two cents might be abolished and the earnings would hardly show it,
And the cost to the city for carrying the average passenger (not including
interest charges) was just under one cent in 1905, An examination of the
earnings and expenses shows that the Glasgow tramway could pay all operat
ing expensges, could maintain the system, could pay local taxes the same as
a private company, and still carry passengers at a universal fare of one cent.
It could do this and make money, On the basis of last year's earnings it would
make about 875,000 even if there was no increase in trafiic. For the operating
expenses and maintenancs charge in 1905 were $1,884,150, If the 195,767,619
passengers carried had paild one cent each, the earnings would have been
$1,957,675.—~Fr0m Scribner’s,
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Improvements in Pekin §
More Real Advance in China in the Last
Two Years Than in Previous Millennium. g
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By joseph Franklin Griggs.
Ryrnsttoen o mprpamanind)p U
bl tpb i COMPETENT authority on things Chinese states that during
§ * the 2ast two vears China has made more real advancement
than in the previous millennium. That his judgment is
sound is apparent to those who enjoy the vantage point of a
% residence in Pekin. It has long been predicted that changes
cl-m* would be surpriging in their speed, but the most sanguine
%mi had not hoped for what is taking place,
zmq-m-n-.) In passing through Pekin, the streets seem to be the
: most striking pheénomenon, Three years ago there seemed
little hope that the black mud, and the disgusting sights and stenches would
ever give place to anything better. The board that had been appointed to re
pair the streets was considered to have an Augean task and was the butt of
many facetious remarks. Now the broad thoroughfares are fast being convert
ed into handsome avenues. The central portion, a strip of about seven vards
in width, is being well macadamized with the aid of steam rollers. This is
flanked on each side by shallow drains of brickwork, a row of trees, an un
paved strip of five yards in good repair, then a‘curbed sidewalk of varying
width cheaply cemented with pounded lime and earth, The building line has
been straightened, necessitating the rebuilding of many shops, the rehabilita
tion of which is in keeping with the rest. lLong-iforgotten sewers have been
"nopem. and places of conveniencés erected, the use of which is made compuls
sory, Innumerable unsightly sheds which have occupied half the roadway are
being removed, forever, it is hoped, and the squatters have sought other fields
in which to ply their trades, The new roadways are guarded by uniformed
police in their sentry boxes, and kept in order by numerous laborers. Fine
telephone poles, strung with countless copper wires, replace the topsy-turvy
line of the last few years. The telephone is no longer a curiosity, but is fast
becoming a necessity to progressive basiness men.—From The Century.
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Do Wild Animals Die:
So T S 0S A AAo e S
By Dr. Theodore Zell.
B HERE do wild animals die and what becomes of them
after death? The question is simple enough and easily an
! W swered in some cases but extremely difficult in other cases.
| In a large number of cases the animals are kiiled by other
e animals or by man and eaten. They find their graves in
the maw of their enemy, who in turn may find his grave in
w . the stomach of some other more powerful creature. Of all
living creatures man is the most bloodthirsty, and more an
imals fall victims to his greed, cruelty or appetite than to
the murderous instinets of carnivorous or other animals,
It has been ussm;tod that man is compelled to kill to prevent an excessive
increase in the number of animals which would threaten his very existence.
The mission of the carnivorous animals seems to be a similar one. In Rus
sia 180,000 head of cattle and other large animals and 560,000 smaller animals
are killed by wolves every year, not counting the poultry which becomes their
prey.
Some have made the assertion that certain animals, when they feel the
approach of death retire to some hiding place, a cave, hollow tree, or some
crevice in the rocks, and there await the end. That may be true and is decid
edly probable, but does not explain the fact that only in rare cases are the re
mains of dead animals found in such places. It has often been commented
apon that even in the districts where monkeys are abundant dead monkeys are
scarcely ever found., Ancient writers like Pliny speak with remarkable eru
dition of the age which certain domestic and wild danimals reach, but their
writings throw no light upon the question as to what becomes of the animals
after death., The number of carcasses and skeletons which are actually found
is fr too small to give a satisfactory evplanation of the puzzling question which
is still witing for its Oedipus.—Chicago Tribune,
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By Paul Alwyn Platz. }
T MPLOYES in the entry department of a wholesale cloth
| fug house were on the anxious seat because it was known
.E that a promotion was close at hand. During all their dis
| cussions, however, one young man was too busy to talk’as
] he was working upon the sales-book which was in a tangle
: and a month behind the orders, To bring it up to date was
| a task that made all of the young men in the entry depart-
S ment avoid it, as it involved much detailed work. One day,
while they were discussing who would be the lucky one,
the young man closed the book with a cry of joy and exclaimed: “It's up to
date!” “It's work wasted!"” was the comment of the others.
The next day the head of the firm came into the entry-room with a troub
led look. “We're In a great fix. I wish the sales-book was up to date!” “It
is,” responded the young man who had been working upon it. “You do not
wnderstand me correctly,” said the head of the firm. “I mean the big order
book.” “The book is up to date,” and the young man reached over and pick
ed up the sales-book, opening it on his desk.
When the promotion was announced, the young man who worked in his
Epare moments was the lucky man,
10 GIRLS WHo . . ..
. HAVE'TO WORK
Many a girl is obliged by force of
circumstances to make her own way
in the world, When such is the case,
she ig indeed fortunate if shé has
been brought up to work and given
the necessary training for her career
in life. But there is another gobt of
girl who starts in lie heavily %ldl
capped by her ignorance of any kind
of craft or profession—the girl who
is suddenly left almost penailess, to
face the world as best she may; or
the girl whose parents have lost their
money and who feels it incumbent on
herself to provide for her own main
tenance as well as assist in their sup
port,
Now, the first thing that any wo
man should do who is obliged to
make her own way in the world is to
carefully consider what talents she
has, %o that she may not take up
work for which’ she has absolutely
no natural taste and in which she
can never be a success. For instance,
it is unwise for the girl who is>a
good housekeeper and who has been
thoroughly trained in all the domes
tic arts to try to find artistic v_(ork.
Even the homely occupation of tak
ing boarders will pay her much bet
ter and bring her more happiness in
the end than a profession for which
she has no natural aptitude. 1
The chief rule of success is to per
severe, and yet to persevere again.}
Work is not easily found, and rebuifs
are sure to be many. But the girf"
who succeeds in life is never daunted
or disheartened. She accepts defeat
cheerfully, and in trying to rise above
circumstances eventually conquers
them, {
In an article of thisg sort it is ‘alm
possible to particularize on exactly
how one should go to work to make
money, for circumstances alter cases
80 greatly, and the sort of thing that
would be a success in one environ
ment would fail in another. One
can only generalize, but the follow
ing few hints may be useful: Do not
attempt to write unless you have a
good education and are®certain you
have a talent for writing. To wend
one’s way successfully through the
thorny paths of literature to the goal
of success one needs not only talent,
but an endless amount of energy and
patience. If a girl is a particularly
bright and interesting letter-writer,
she may safely assume that she will
write an interesting, chatty article;
but articles are many and competi
tion is great, and I shou’ld}. adyise
everyone to try a less oyerstocked
market, & e
A doctor's daughter m:gaf%g up
massage. There is always an open
ing for a skilful masseuse. It is not
very expensive to take a three
mopths’ course, and you may beg‘
lo&lme “in working up ,a{eonn’eo—
tion, but if you send your /business
cards to all the doctors of your ac
quaintance or, better still, interview
them personally, modestly explaining
your capabilities, they will probably
be only too glad to recommend you
to patients in need of vour services.
It you have deft fingers and are
clever at the better kinds of fancy
work, you can nearly always dispose
of good needlework at the shops or
woman’s exchanges. The great thing
to remember, if you wish to sell your
work, is to keep it spotlessly clean.
It would be as well if some of the
girls who work things and expect
their friends to buy them would re
member this. I should be inclined
to allow a cake of soap to every large
piece of work.
I have said nothing about the pro
fessions of stenography, bookkeeping
or trained nursing, in which many
thousands of women are profitably
employed, because these are profes
sions that require from one to three
or four years’ training, and this ar
ticle is intended especially for girls
thrown suddenly on their own re
sources, who are not able to spend
such a long time in preparation.
Perseverance in whatever line youn
take up cannot be too great, but it
must be perseverance allied to dig
nity, a stern and wise desire to get
on, not a vulgar wish to elbow every
one out of the way. All girls should
be careful of taking offense at real or
imaginary slights. I have helped a
good many people both to seek and
find employment, and 1 must regret
fully say that the chief thing that
has struck me about the girl in re
duced circumstances who wishes to
work is her want of perseverance and
her readiness to imagine she is being
slighted. A friend once asked me to
help such a girl to get something to
do. She said she had no accomplish
ments, and she did not think she was
very useful. However, she was a
nice girl and exceedingly pretty, with
beautiful large dark-brown eyes and
a tender, mobile meuth. It struck
me that she might with advantage
make something of her precious gift
of beauty.
I consulted a celebrated lady art
ist, who was also a friend of mine.
She offered to let her sit as a “study
of & head” to a class of lady pupils.
The pay was fairly good and the
work light (four hours a day), and
she was not obliged to keep her head
in one stiff position. She came to
see me after the first day, and secemed
very pleased and grateful. Then
suddenly I heard she had left, The
artist told me she thought it a great
pity, as she could have given her
plenty of work. 1 met her not long
afterward end asked her why she
had left. She said the pupils had
treated her as though she was a com
mon model, and “had not even said
‘Good morning’ to her" when she
came inte the room, 3 g
Now, that is the sort of splrltl
which is the keynote of failure. Girls
must remember that there are both
kind and unkind people in the world.
They may meet the former; they are
certain to come across the latter. If
women wish to enter into competi
tion with men as bread-winners, they
must be ready to take the bitter with
the sweet, and remember that, al
though the bitter often comes first,
with time and steady perseverance
the sweet will always follow, and
that success in any profession is not
gained without hard work.—McCall’s
Magazine.
FUN OF BALLOONING. T
Why It is Becoming a Popular Sport
All Over the World. |
Floating softly up into the blue
ocean of air, watching the earth sink
slowly away beneath us and fade and
change quietly to an immense map
spread before our wondering eyes—
such are the first impressions of bal
locon voyagers. 'The noisy shouts of
those who come to wish us “Bon voy
age!” become fainter and fainter un
til absolute quiet reigns about us. It
is so still that the ticking of the clock
in the barograph is heard noisily
counting the seconds as it traces the \
line of our upward flight across the
sheet. 1
Meanwhile the earth-map down be- |
low us stretches out larger and larger, |
but its details are fading and becom
ing blurred. High hills have changed ‘
to flat surfaces. A river winds and 1
bends its way through the duller col
ors like a tangled ribbon of silver.
A small lake sparkles in the sun
shine, giving life and fire to the sober
shades about it. A railway train
creeps slowly along, its trail of smoke 1
streaming back over it; but as we
look it suddenly disappears from |
sight, apparently swallowed up be
fore our eyes. Then we realize that
iit has plunged into a tunnel through
'a hill which to us seems only a flat
lsurface; now it appears again coming
out on the other side.
So the wonderful scenes come and
go, ever changing, but ever grand
and inspiring—scenes that come back
to us real and vivid, that we may live
them over again in later days. The
cloud effects are at times the most
beautiful of all. After having sailed
up through these into the dazzling
sunlight we see the snowy billows
just below our car, the shadow of our
balloon falling upon their white sur
face. This shadow is often surround
ed by a halo of rainbow colors of rare
beauty. At such times one has the
feeling of having left the earth com
pletely and to have reached -some oth
er planet. The white masses just be
low seem to be quite solid and look
‘as though, one might step out of the
balloon and take a stroll over then,
if one only had snowshoes. The air
is wonderfully clear and pure and
gives one a feeling of exhilaration
much greater than thag enjoyed im
mountain climbing. Is it, then, sur
prising that bal}ooning is rapidly bees
coming a popular sport?—~Century.
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Mr. Gray to the Queen.
That the divinity which hedges
royalty in England has lost a chip
from its halo is shown by an exceed
ingly amusing incident which is de
scribed in Harper’s Weekly. It ap
pears that a body of the unemployed
in Northampton sent to Queen Alex
andra, upon the occasion of the last
reopeningof Parliament the following
telegrars:
“The Queen, London—Very kindly
secure this postseript to to-day King's
speech:
“ ‘We learn by telegraph that sev
enty-five faithful lieges bearing on
foot from Manchester, Birmingham
and other towns a petition to us for
restoration of ancient right to work,
lie to your order in pig trucks at
Northampton Station.
* ‘God’s will be these men are giv
en the inducements to thrifty inde
pendence provided for their forefath
ers under 59 George 111., cap. 12, sec
tion 13.’
- “Facts as stated. Some men sick,
many bootless, women and children
abandoned on journey or evicted or
starving, along with 25,000 left be
hind. Awaiting His Majesty’s in
structions. — Alexander Stewart
Gray.”
This message was regarded with
horror and amazement by the public.
No answer was, of course, received
from it, but such was the consterna
tion evoked by the dispateu that the
senders, who had been marching from
Manchester to London to look for
work, were paid £2 by the chief con
‘stable of Northampton to leave the
%cmr.
; Backing Into the Winter.
At an Atlantic City hotel there is
an old Southern mnegro employed as
head waiter. One afternoon last sum
mer a number of guests were re
marking how cool it was for the sea
son, and one of them turned to the
old servitor, who chanced to be stand
ing nearby, and said:
**Well, John, how do you account
for its being so cool?”
The colored man thought for a mo
ment and answered gravely:
‘“Well, sah, dere hab been so many
‘of dese here earthquakes and vol
canoes eruptin’ dat de ears hab done
shook off its axis and's revolvin’ the
odder way. It am comin’ winter in
stead of summer.”-—Philadelphia
Ledger.
B il s miastsmabmasiin
. The Octopas. :
Measuring ten feet six inches, an
octopus, while being killed at Too
radin, Victoria, entwined a tentacle
s 0 firmly around the foot of one of
its captors that the membrane had
to be cut to free the man, ;
A NOBEL PRIZE FOR
AMERICAN SCIENCE
By HERBERT T. WADE.
When the trustees of the 'bel
Fund in their awards for 190 W de
cided to confer the annual prize for
physics on Professor Albert A. Mich
elson, of the University of Chicago,
the event was significant as being the
first time that this distinguished
honecr has been paid to an American
man of science. The award of the
Nobel prize for the promotion of
peace to President Roosevelt in 1906
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Winner of the Nobel Pri
naturally met with the enthusiastic
approval of the people of the United
States, and so this more recent honor
to an illustrious physicist is consid
ered as much a recognition of Amer
ican science and capacity for original
work and minute speculation as it is
a well merited tribute to the distin
guished recipient. Furthermore, it is
an added source of gratification that
Professor Michelson’s work repre
sents most largely the results of
American training and environment
and has been carried on for the most
part in American institutions. )
‘Born at Strelno, Prussia, December
19, 1852, he was brought to this
country as a boy, and from the San
Francisco high school entered the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis, where he was graduated in
1873. The young ensign’s interest
in physics and chemistry led to his
detail to the teaching staff of the
Academy in 1875, and it was here
that he commenced his experimental
work that soon developed to such im
portance.—From the American Re
“iew of Reviews.
“Presence-of-Mind’”’ Smith,
The victory of Christ Chureh in the
Torpids at Oxford recalls a tragic epi
sode recorded among the earlier row
ing annals of the house. Dr. Smith,
afterward Dean of Christ Church,
when an undergraduate, went down
to Iffley with a friend in a skiff. His
companion fell overboard, and caught
hold of the skiff, and Smith ex
plained, when he returned alone:
**We would both have been drowned
had I not, with great presence of
mind, hit him on the head with a boat
hook.” He was thenceforward known
as “Presence-of-Mind Smith,” and the
unpleasant sobriquet caused him,
when dean, to exchange with Gais
ford. Dean Smith was a far more
capable ruler of Christ Church than
his successor, and among the students
elected during his brief reign were
‘Gladstone and Canning.-—Westmins
ter Gazette.
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rent Chinese Ambassador to the
United States, visiting his son, who 18
being educated in England.—The By
stander.
On the Fence For Clothes-Props.
When the weekly wash is not on
the line clothes-props are apt to be in
the way, if not carelessly left lying
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on the ground to gather dirt for soil
ing wet sheets next wash-day. This
sketch shows a simple arrangement
for disposing of them. The brackets
can be bought at any hardware store,
or may be made of wood by the
handy-man of the house.—M. S., iy
the Ladies’ World.
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Aid to Navigation. ;
To facilitate,the navigation of large
vessels, especially at night, a Pennsyl
vania man has brought forth a novel
plan. His method of thus aiding navs
igation consists in illuminating the
water in the’ channel at a certain
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point below the surface. The illumi
nation is to compris=z a series of sub
merged lights along the vessel's
course. Electric lights are to be used.
Lights of different colors are to be
employed to indicate the courses of
incoming and outgoing vessels.—
Washington Star.
A Notable Performance.
A member of. the School Board of
Philadelphia describes a unique
schoolhouse in Northern Pennsylva
nia, where the schoolmaster keeps
his boys grinding steadily at their
desks, but sometimes permits them to
nibble from their lunch boxes as they
work.
One day the pedagogue was in
structing a class in arithmetic, when
he noticed that one pupil was devot
ing more attention to a piece of pie
than to his lesson.
“William,” commanded the stern
mentor, “will you pay attention to the
lesson?”’
“I'm listening, sir,” said the boy.
“Listening, are you?” exclaimed
the master. ‘‘Then you're listening
with one ear and eating pie with the
other!”’—Harper's Weekly.
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Humble, Gentle, Loving.
There is nothing better under the
sun than that a man should preserve
an humble, gentle and loving spirit.
Contending for one's rights may be at
times necessary, no doubt it is SO,
but it is a poor rule to live by if we
intend to make it the primary point
of view. The meek shall inherit the
earth,—Western Methodist.
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Cheaper Postal Rates.
No one who has given a casual
thought to the matter requires any
demonstration of the advantages to
business that would result from a
general lowering of the foreign pos«
tal rates.—Country Life.
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Do Your Duty.
Do your whole duty and keep your
mouth shut, is an up-to-date variant
of trust in God and keep your powder
dry.