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'4. THE BROOKLYN-DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. THURSDAY. AUGUST 12.

1903. BUSINESS NOTICES. SCIENTISTS STUDY BUGS daceous animal, with the possible exception of the mink. Others In the course of a season have practically destroyed whole coveys. of quail or grouse or nests full of her property back, but caused his arrest; In none of these cases was there even a suggestion of "nerves." Calm, calculating, quick and relentless each lady seized her prey and let Justice take Its course- tnring at the Sorbonne.

The only fly in his ointment under those circumstances would be the awkwardness of explaining how the child had grown so much faster after father went away. Put the maiu thing would be the growth. The attempt to force that growth promises to make the coming sessions of Congress so interesting that the struggles for downward revision will be forgotten. collei-ts the names of large borrowers from tmtiotuil bunk all over the country, ami semis the list Into all the Inspection districts. Thus n0 habitual borrower will be able to conceal the amount ol his loans by distributing hif paper through several inspection districts.

Notice Is sent from Washington to all inspectors when one of these borrowers Is exceeding his credit. Considering how many bank failures are brought about -by reckless loans, the new move gives a needed protection to stockholders, rjovernnient inspection has been the one dread of dishonest bankers, and now that Inspection has been tightened up by several notches. We blow our horn because we're so glad we could import a bargain for a bargain sale. t. Our furnishings buyer picked up in Paris recently, at a special price, a quantity of fancy handkerchiefs beau ties.

One lot happened to be iden tical with some we already had in our stock, selling freely at 50 cents each. The others were regular. $1.00 value. The patterns and colorings are of typical Parisian smart ness and taste. 1344 handkerchiefs of 50c- nualitv -1 IA2K handkerchiefs of ST.nn Registered.) THURSDAY EVEXIXO.

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I For cost of advertising, apply or send for rate card, or make Inquiry by telephone, No. I' $200 Main. Only One Thing Worth Talking About There is a reason why Democrats should discuss party conditions in this state. It Is set forth in the call which will result in a conference at Saratoga next month: Fuller and freer expression and ebso-- lute legal protection for the party voters and their duly authorized legal In the exercise ot their party func-, tions in primary elections and party con- ventions. tt; Other reasons arc given by the promoters of the conference, but tliey might as well have been omitted, i They are of no consequence.

It is a waste of time to talk of principles, federal, state and local, while the name of Charles V. Murphy is a sort of substitute for that of Horatio Seymour. A short preamble and a shorter would have served the purs-pose better. Since Mr. Murphy took command, with Conuers as lieutenant, state conventions have duplicated happens in Carnegie.

Hall when a Tammany ticket is to be nominated. iThe braves we'll, theirs not to rea-on why, theirs not to make reply, theirs to cheer and ratify. That's 111, except as to one difference. Seats, In u. Tammany, convention re usually occupied by those entitled to them.

There is. no interforeui-e "with what the call describes as the nrtn'rlKQ nf nnrtv funrtloiiu linona nothing is to lie gained by seat steal- 'lng. In city conventions, Tammauy has a working majority, so there is no necessity for resorting to state convention tactics. Otherwise, it would be otherwise. This Is the real provocation for a conference.

These are the conditions infr chii miuuiu uite preseureu. rani about home rule, about economy in, administration and about the tariff is In order at the right time and in the right place; but while such a man as Murphy formulates state policy and furnishes state candidates, discussion ot other "alms and purposes'' cannot rise much above the ludicrous. There were objections to the supremacy so long asserted by David H. Hill, who subordinated everything to his desire to become President, but his bitterest critics could not say that he was not clean handed. Xor was he a misfit even In the Senate of the United States, despite the expedients to which he resorted.

The transition from Hill to Murphy is from Hyperion to a Satyr. With it, the party I touched bottom. No change can now be for the worse, no degradation greater. And, as a text, it should have the right of way at Saratoga. Bank Directors Must Direct.

particularly disastrous' bank failure, John Burroughs, who has been a banking official as well as a naturalist, wrote a magazine article called hi ii ne pointed out that that failure and others came from the ignorance of directors as to what went on in their banks, and insisted that they should the responsibility which the use of their names devolves upon After nearly a generation the nov- erumeut has taken the hint. The Controller of the Currency recently sent out a series of twenty-nine qucs- tions to the SO.fHiO bunk directors In. this country. Not all of the directors was secured to show that a lame and interesting set of dummies figure as directors, their chief activity being in attendance upon directors meetings, which is a profitable as well as dis- oi I'itriMijy a JJlUillllig. itv i tw ir rnoin noil tintr iiumi in passing on the loans made by their oauKs or Knew anyuiing auout tne solvency of their borrowers.

The result Is that the national banks are now divided Into two classes. Those In which I lie directors attend to business have the usual two in- upectlong a year. Those whose directors are dummies are honored by four "visits from the inspectors. You Can find the government rating of your bank by learning how many times the Inspector comes around. Another re-f-ult is that there is a credit bureau in the cwti-'v (Trade Mark "Eagle" young songsters.

A -well known natural ist estimates that in the New England states alone I.uOO.OOO birds are destroyed annually by rats. Mr. Fibber also severely arraigns the rat. -He declares that with the exception of the house cat. the rat probably kills more young chickens than any other anl mal.

In some places where this rodent as become well intrenched, owners have found it next to impossible to profitably raise chickens. The marauders often become so bold that they catch passing hcickens in broad daylight. Rats havi been known to kill newly born lambs and pigs, and they frequently destroy tne young and eggs of wild birds. This is especially true in suburban districts and on islands along our coast. Mr.

Fisher explains that the compensations of nature alone save mankind from being annihilated by one kind of peat or another. He tells the following story to illustrate how the natural balance is maintained. "An extensive marsh bordering a lake In Northern New York formed a Bultable borne for numerous ducks, rails, snapping turtles, frogs and other aquatic life. The turtles deposited their eggs in abundance in the sand of the' old beach. These delicacies attracted the attention of the skunks of the neighborhood, and their nightly feasts so reduced the total output of eggs that only a small percentage of the young survived to reach the protective shelter of the marsh.

As time went on conditions changed. Skunk fur became fashionable and commanded a good price. The country boy, ever on the alert for an opportunity to add to his pocket money, sallied forth and captured the luckless fur-bearer wherever found, so that within a comparatively short time the skunks almost woolly disappeared. When this check on their Increase was removed the snapping turtles hatched in great numbers and scrambled off in all directions into the marsh. When their numbers had been properly controlled by the restruction of a large proportion their eggs; their food supply was adequate, but when they had increased many fold the supply proved insufficient.

Finally, through force of circumstances the turtles added ducklings to their faro until the few ducks that refused to leave the marsh paid the penalty of their persistency by rarely bringing to maturity' more than one or two vonne. Tt la nni surprising that this great aggregation of turtles, containing the essential of delicious soup, should have attracted the mieniion or tne agents of the market men and restaurant keepers. The final chapter, the readjustment of conditions, may be briefly told: "The marsh became a seem, nt activity, where men and bovs caught the voracious snappers, and bags, boxes and barrels of them were shipped away. I here was also a depreciation in the value of skunk skins, with a correspond-ng loss of interest the part of Jhe trapper, so the progeny of the surviving skunks congregated at the old beach and devoured the eggs of the turtles that had enjoyed a brief period of prosperity. The broods of ducks now remained unmolested and attracted other breeding birds, with the result that the old.

marsh reverted to its original populous condition." CRIST. MISERY AND ITS CAUSES. Professor Edward T. Devlne of rtnlnmhi. University, the author of "Misery and Its Causes" (The Macniillan Conmanv).

as general, secretary of the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York and editor of its official organ, the Survey, for more than a dozen vr. special facilities for studying the character and causes of the misery to be encountered in the tenements of the metrop. oils He has not, however, relied entirely on his own exnerlnna In lng the facts which are the basis for thlB eminently readable volume buf has haj the benefit of the daily experiences of his coworkers in the Charity Organization Society and of others engaged in similar la- "usuuing an over tne world. There are. of emirae LHUDCB Ui uimcry wmcn ue Deyond the boundary of an Inquiry such as this.

Misery that is caused by a -disappointment in; love; failure of some high ambition, through Fe-morse for gome past misconduct and" number of other such experiences eannot db considered by the Investigator. In the present volume such misery Is studied as gives external indication nf lt existence, extent and character. iroressor Devlne is not one of the manj who. take the comfortable view that misery is but the natural working out of human character, and due to natural de pravity or weauness. He nresenta th mea mat misery is economic; that defective personality ls only partly responsible and this in itself results indirectly from social conditions.

There are more kinds of misery In Ns York, Bays the author, than Milton ever dreamed of In his blindness. After a consideration of the records of crimes, suicides, the insane, the author asserts that it is not poverty and not punishment wnicn explains tne misery of modern commercial and industrial cnmmunltten. but maladjustment. Ill health ls perhaps the most constant of the attendants ot poverty. At least 25 per cent, of the distress known to charitable societies Is caused by sickness.

The author takes typical cases, of four families, where 111 shaped the family history and re- auceo tne members to misery. Robust health is rarer among depend ent families, says the author, than the moral virtues. It is due, of course, to neglect of the most elementary rules ot hygiene, lack of nourishing foods, Economic necessity excuses some, but very little, of this neglect. The schools much teach their lesson more effectively and persistently; the department ot health must carry on its propaganda with greater resources; social workers must join hands with physicians even mora ef fectively in their education of the pub lic- Touching the occupations of the poorer classes, the author advances the suggestion that much physical injury might be avoided if boys on going to work were sifted according to their capacity, and their occupations were chosen under professional advice with reference to their physical constitution. There should be a guidance in the selection of trades.

Pro fessor Devlne goes further and assent that no child under 18 should be allowed engage in any occupation except that developing the physical and mental faculties. No woman Immediately before after childbirth should continue work. The reader will agree that such regulations would bp eminently desirable, but hey are not likely to be realized, unless the socialistic dreams are fulfilled. The question of Industrial disease Is still somewhat obscure, but on the sub- ect of death and injury, by industrial y0.i. lt ot ot wnoliy complete, statistics.

Pro- fessor Devlne discusses at length these fruitful causes of so much misery, and it would be interesting to follow his reasonings and deductions if space permitted. In concluding this discussion of ill health as a prime cause of misery among ihe poor the author asserts "that th hope of the future lu this matter of health and vigor lies not in antitoxin, serum, or in quarantines, or the isolation of germs, but in rational living. The infectious diseases must be dealt with, of course, and by appropriate means, but if our hope in health lay solely In these directions, it would be but a petty, artificial, mechanical, undesirable immunity that we should have attained." Here he draws an alluring picture of what the race might become strength, and efficiency and virtue. If proper forces were organized to fight and remove detrimental social conditions. In "Out of Work" Professor Devine discusses the subject of the unemployed, a graphic and, we are tempted to say, picturesque manner.

It ls generally assumed, he says in -effect, that the wage system as it now prevails in stores, mills, mines, presupposes the constant presence of a fringe of the unemployed, and that if for a period of years workers were employed, so that no employer could threaten to replace his employes by others, the strength or the demand of the workers for higher wages would become bo great that employers would take the Initiative In asking for compulsory arbitration, or the limitation wages by statute, as they have done before when for exceptional reasons the of It a ot to a Also Inspect Birds and Animals at Washington. Experts of the Agricultural Depart ment Observe Their Habits and Tood. i Eagle Bureau, 608 Fourteenth Street. Washington, August 12 If there is anything good In thieving birds, vicious animals and Insect pests the scientists of the government will find It out and make the most of it. Constant studies are being made here at Washington ot the habits of birds, animals and Insects in the hope of discovering a new friendly trait which may be cultivated to the advantage of farmers and city folks.

Within fifty feet of the ofllce of Sec-letary Wilson there are enough bugs, caterpillars and moths of an Injurious character to destroy half the shade trees, rhrubbery and other vegetation ot Washington. They are all safely housed in giant screened lnclosures. They are un der observation by scientists who are looking for bugs which will prey upon other bugs. There are rows ol glass jars containing small branches of bushes and leaves from trees which are being devoured by hungry Insects. Growing corn, CHbbage plants, tomato bushes and other vegetable plants are also being cul tivated for the benefit of predatory bugs.

Outside the lnsectorium, peach, apple and other fruit trees are grown to make tood for beetles, moths and caterpillars. A yellow lady-bug, the size o( a pea, Is being studied. It is one of two spe cies of ludy bugs which are destructive to plant life. This particular species is devouring the growing beans of Western farmers. In the East its brothers feed upon cucumber and melon plants.

All the other lady-bugs live exclusively upon plant life. They are good friends of the farmer and fruit grower ar-d should never be disturbed. It Is claimed that the yel low bean-eating produces no second generation. The scientists of the department are trying to find out If this Is true. Careful search has failed to show any eggs thus far, and it Is thought likely that no second generation is pro duced.

In an adjoining glass jar are a dozen big moths which feed upon the ailanthus, or tree of Heaven. This tree was formerly grown freely as a shade tree in Brooklyn. It gives off a bad odor, however, and tel into disfavor for this reason. Half dozen jars are occupied by large families of the well-known and highly destructive tussock moth and caterpillar. It is being fed on plants which, have been treated with" various liquid poisons.

The scien tists are looking for a poisonous spray to supplant tne arsenical solution wnicn has been, used so successfully In killing tussock moths on peach trees. Arsenic 1 injurious to fruit, hence the search for another remedy. All sorts of combinations of sprays are experimented with here on different varieties of insects. Of course, the ultimate object of the government entomologists is to so Improve the methods of cultivating fruits and vegetables as to render Impos sible the propagation of harmful Insects. Until that happy time arrives the aim is to aid the farmer in keeping his enemies in check.

Every few days an enthusiastic ama teur scientist sends in a new formula with a guarantee that It will annihilate the gypsy moth, boll weevil or some other pests, to get rid of which federal and state authorities have already spent mil lions of dollars. The other day a man forwarded a chemical solution which, scattered upon stagnant water, would surely kill mosquitoes. Professor How ard, the chief entomologist, tried the so: lution. He has a jar on his desk half a-tled Wr waterU-eated. with- the pro posed remedy.

Two days ago he put some mosquito larvae In the water." He has a crop of about 500 hungry, buzzing mos quitoes already and the water is alive with the jumping pupae which have not yet developed wings. The chemical so lution acts as a tonic. The San Jose scale, which Borne years ago threatened to destroy the entire trult Industry of California, has been kept in cheek by a lady-bug Imported by the government from Japan. Millions and mlllioni? of dollars worth of property have been saved by the discovery ttiat the Japanese lady-bug would enjoy a San Jo.ie scale diet. A couple of dozen Guatemalan ants were Imported a few years ago in the hope that they would take kindly to the destructive boll weevil as a chief article of food.

The trial was not so successful as was that with the lady-bug. The Guatemalan ant is a big, red, fierce looked insect. Its appetite swetched. however, after it had been transferred to the cotton plant. Instead of devouring the boll weevil it took to eating the plant.

It liked this better than the weevil. A desperate fight has been waged ever since to kill off the ants. Another class of government scientists Is studying the habits of predaceous birds and mammals. The farmer who formerly grabbed for his gun at the sight of an owl or a hawk now makes no effort to kill these birds because he klows that they will do Lim more good than harm. He knows that in reality both these birds are his friends and deserve protection.

All hawks and owls feed on noxious rodents and large insects, such i grasshoppers, crickets and May beetles. Because of their voracious appetites they are Important actors in reducing the number of such pesta and keeping them under control. The fox, which is looked upon by the average man as a deep-dyed villain that devotes its entire life to robbery, has been found by A. K. Fisher of the Agri cultural Department to nave some good in him.

on all well, regulated farms where chickens are housed at night the fox' turns his attention to field mice, rab bits, ground squirrelB, and consequently of much genuine benefit to the farmer. The, mink feeds on fish, crayfish, mus sels, birds and, like the weasel, Is Indefatigable In its search for meadow mlco and other marsh-loving rodents. It is very fond of muskrars, and one of its most important services to man is the destruction of these pests about mill- dams, canals and dikes, where their burrows undermine the embankments and cause disastrous overflows. The mink, although semi-aquatic, sometimes travels uiDg niHianres irom water in searcn or gun no cmwn, oen nnds an unprotected poultry house it sometimes contents itself with a single vtetim; at other times it kills all the inmates within reach. A single mink has been known to kill thirty or forty ducks or chickens In one night.

Although the weasel is regarded as a most destructive pest it does good work keeping In check the hordes of meadow mice and other rodents which at times destroy forests, crops, orchards, vine yards and garden products. Ravens, crows and Jays also do effective work in de stroying pests. Occasionally, however, in localities where they have Increased out propotion to the available food supply, they become troublesome by killing small chickens and by destroying eggs and nestlings of wild birds. Mr. Fisher finds that wolves and cougars render service to mankind by killing rabbits and smaller pests when sheep, cattle and horses are not available for food.

He also finds that coyotes and bobcats will turn their attention to rabbits and other crop and tree destroyers when other food Is scarce. At times they will feed entirely on large Insects. Mr. Fisher Is plainly not a friend of the house cat. He declares that many an Innocent hawk, skunk, owl and weasel has been shot for the deeds of that sleek highwayman, the house cat.

"It is safe to say that this marauder, says Mr. Fisher, "which enjoys all tho comforts and protection of a home, destroys In the aggregate more wild birds and young poultry than all the native natural enemies combined. A cat has been known to kill a whole brood of chickens tiny, feft by any prc- to of or or In the in all of No sneak thief and no pickpocket is a match for a resolute woman, especially if she lives in Brooklyn, The atmosphere of this town breeds Independence and self-reliance In the sex. Their qualities are a magnifl cent reinforcement of the courts and the police. Thugs and other law breakers please take notice.

The Itch for Change. Secretary MacVeagh is at It again Not content with having most repre- hensiblv removed Mr. V. D. Bren ner's Initials from the Lincoln cent.

he Is contemplating the redesigning of all our paper currency. He thinks that the multiplicity of portraits on the bills creates confusion, and he also believes that the size of all paper money should be reduced about one- fourth. Mr. MacVeagh is unpardonably ener getic. We confess to a feeling of cut! oslty as to how he got the idea that any confusion was created by the portrait engraving.

Not one man in fifty could off-hand, specify the portraits employed on the different denomin ations and this widespread Ignorance is sufficient proof that the diversity of portraiture is of no consequence to the multitude. As for the proposition to reduce the size of the bills, Mr. MacVeagh should drop it at once. Heaven knows a dollar bill doesn't go very far as it is. What would happen If you made it smaller? New Law May Be Needed.

To distrust the loan-broker even bearing gifts is a lesson which the beleaguered Trojans of the banking world, the the Thomases, C. W. Morse and their allies had to learn through harsh experience. The hollow-ness of the wooden horse has been discovered, In more than one case, ouly after collateral had been sold and the worst had happened. One concrete in stance of this has compelled the attention of the District Attorney's office in Manhattan.

The money borrowed under the auspices of a responsible and pretty well managed trust company, did not come from that company. The collateral, worth twice as much, was transferred to" the custody of the reai lender. It was sold in the 'open market. With the questions of civil and crirrn Inal law herein concerned, the courts will have to deal. No doubt justice will be done, according to what the evidence shall disclose.

But in the interest of careful banking it would appear that a reform In methods of handling as well as of recording the collaterals of loans Is needed. A clerical error, such as pinning the securities behind one note to another note, may lead to the gravest consequences. It should not be forgotten that the borrower has essential rights. His collateral must be of a value in excess of the loan. The sale of that collateral before the note matures is more than a trivial accident.

And if a banking concern per forata, for a coinmissignj the function of a broker, lending money not In Its own vaults, it should be restrained by new legislation, If necessary, from let ting the collateral go out of its own responsible custody. Preying on Immigrants. The situation among the missions and homes which receive immigrants in the guise of charity seems to be a good deal worse than Commissioner Williams' statement, in excluding representatives of two of them from El lis Island, indicated. Congressman Benner, of the commission appointed by Congress to Investigate the situa tiou of Immigrants here, charges that many of these homes have been used by agents of disorderly houses to de coy innocent girls Into those resorts in their search for employment. From this charge Mr.

Bennet exempted by name the Clara De Hirsch Home and the Italian Home, to which he gives certificate of good management. The exemption of two Institutions, among the many which have pro fessed to work for the immigrants from charitable motives, creates the impression that the outlook of the immigrant, and especially of the young woman immigrant, who comes to this city is estremely dark. For years there have been baleful hints in the news of an organized traffic In "white slaves," by which the vicious resorts iu our cities were supplied from Europe. Congressman Bennet's investigation seems to have tapped one source of this supply. It is a dastardly business, all the blacker because In some instances it was conducted- in the name of religion and charity.

It should be rooted out, and the government should not be content merely with cutting off the access of these people to Ellis Island. Sing Sing is maintained in part for those who do the things which Congressman Bennet charges, and If he can prove his facts he ought to see that the people involved go there. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL There is to be no more tainted money. The Treasury Department is to give all dirty bills an Immunity bath. President Taft does well to cultivate a sense of monotony at Beverly, but the country would regret to have him forsake the smile for a yawn.

A criminologist finds that most of the people In prison are blonds. But there is hope for their reformation and the eradication of the hereditary evil so long as all the angels in the dreams of the brunettes have golden hair. The 200-pound man who stepped on a Long Island swamp while after huckleberries had an alarming sinking spell. This is the month when city people go forth to fool with the country and they are pretty sure to be taken iu. The, butcher and the buker seem to be trilk.

in adjusting their business to the lower prices made possible by the new tariff However, the consumer Is patient and perhaps by the first of next I week he may cash In a few of his rainbow unite. is in of A Little Matter of Etiquette. Isn't It contrary to etiquette for stage persons who contemplate divorce to become reconciled? Evening Sun. No. Nothing is.

If the Evening Sun will pardon a contradiction In terms, the etiquette of stage persons strictly forbids anything In the nature of etiquette. Of this fact the Suq cannot plead Ignorance, either absolute which would be abject or relative. Also, there Is another fact with which it is not less familiar. It knows that it Is essential for stage persons to learn how to make up, whether contemplat ing divorce or marringe. Incidentally, it is to be hoped that the persons al luded to, if they have really made up, will he reconciled to their reconciliation for at least a week.

Thaw Goes Back to Matteawan. Justice Mills' decision recommitting Harry. K. Thaw to the Asylum for the Criminal Insane must put an end, for a considerable period at least, to the ill-advised efforts of his family to secure his release. The spectacle of this disgusting and degrading case revived to public view at frequent intervals through the liberal employment or the Thaw fortune, while poorer Inmates of Matteawan, without means to lodge an appeal, await the ordinary and slower processes of the law, Is not calculated to inspire respect lu the public mind for the state system of administering justice.

Thaw had a long, patient and Impartial hearing before Justice Mills. He was represented by able counsel. All of his rights as a petitioner under the writ of corpus were 'scrupulously respected. Every witness who could be marshaled In his behalf was considerately treated. The ex cellent Impression he himself made while on the stand must have had its weight with the court.

Yet the judge, after a careful scrutiny of all the testimony, comes to the conclu sion that Thaw is still a dangerous lunatic, and must be kept behind bars. The decision will be unquestion able until the Thaw treasury can be drawn upon in another attempt to give him freedom to Indulge again in his perilous vagaries. The distinguished lawyer who de fended Thaw In his second trial refused to have anything to do with the movement to secure his client's en largement. He apparently shared the belief of the jury that Thaw was a paranoiac, who, for the sake of the community, should be kept under restraint. That view has prevailed with several Supreme Court justices whom Thaw's relatives have since besieged.

It Is a reasouable view. It Is, we think, the popular view. The proc lamation of it by Justice Mills assures to the people of this state a much needed relief. And for that relief many thanks. The Fire.

Everybody will sympathize with the people of Monticello, lu the disastrous loss imposed upon them by Tuesday night's tire, and with the hundreds of summer visitors whose losses of clothing and effects are heavv. It is a serious matter to have such an attractive summer resort almost willed out iu a few hours. But the fire points the need of better building in summer resorts, and above all of better electric wiring, where light wires are carried through flimsy and highly iuflammnble structures. The fire seems to have been set by contact between two maiu feed wires of the local power and lighting plant, which became crossed by the high wind and sent out sparks. The dry roofs caught these sparks like tinder, and soon the town was beyond the reach of help.

The losses and fright were increased because the lights for the entire town, fed from this plant, went out, leaving people to fight the fire and to try to save their effects in the darkness. The summer resort season is short. Summer hotels lie idle so much of the year that it would lie impossible to make a profit on buildings of anything nearly fireproof construction. The danger of fire in such hotels has always been great, but' it was in creased notably by the general use of electric service. The thing which can and should he done Is to make the insulation of all electric wires thorough and their installation safe.

Two big feed wires blown by the wind so that they crossed and set sparks flying are prefty good proof of gross negligence somewhere. There ought to be a system of which would have prevented this fire, and which will prevent its repetition. But for lack of it the landlords of resort towns can do something by Insisting that the sources of their light and power be made safe. Naturally, people on vacation will seek those places where the assurances of safety seem to he strongest. Independence of Brooklyn Women.

Brooklyn courts are notoriously unkind to criminals who have committed violence, and consequently offenders of the burglar and footpad varieties Unit this a dangerous neighborhood. The difficulties of their calling are also multiplied by the apparent Independence of the Brooklyn woman who, when they seek to make her a victim of their nefarious industry, doesn't lapse into hysterics, but arrests them on the spot and holds them until the police get around. Yesterday Mrs. Fanny Kersehneff of Brownsville knocked a sneak thief down and sat. on him until the patrol wagon arrived.

Mrs. Elizabeth Steinman of Italph avenue chased another sneak a couple of blocks, neatly tripped him and held him for the belated representative of the law. a It Is on the Map. It became necessary for Mr. Shonts to explain his explanation of Inter-borough purposes; also, to protest that his ultimatum was not to be interpreted as a threat.

Apparently, however, the represen- I "CHnont no neces- I sity for apologizing for Ills DartialitV i uiuha. nere is Wllttl lie pro- i. es to Uo Ior If the Interborough's plans are accepted i four new express lines to the Bronx will A. be provided, and the subway and elevated facilities of the city will be increased 60 Per cent. If Mr.

Shonts will refer to anv met ropolitan map. he may be able to discover Brooklyn on It without the aid of a microscope. And, whether he succeeds lu finding It or not. It Is there. Significant Enthusiasm.

There are exceptions to all rules. Two political prophets find themselves honored lu their own country Doll! ver and Cummins, of Iowa. Each had more than a few words to say in the Seuate in behalf of the con sumer. Cummins, declared an unnec essary duty to be hn Instrument of evil and a forerunner of' disaster to tiie American people. His colleague proclaimed that he would not become mere interpreter of greed and avarice.

This is the sort of stewardship of which they are now giving an account at home. At Washington they are "insurgents." In Iowa they are lion ized. There Is promise for the future in the enthusiasm with which they have been received. It means that in the future, perhaps not very re mote, the consumer" will come Into his own. and that the policy of fat tening the fat will, later, If not sooner, cease and determine, i Feudism and Justice.

When Amato Santaniello shot Cas-cone on Mulberry street, Manhattan, he said he did it because Cascoue had killed his brother, Charmarino Sau-taniello. Cascoue had been tried for this murder with all the solemn forms of Justice and acquitted by a jury. But in an ante-mortem statement he owned that he was guilty. But for the blood-feud which makes few mistakes lu these matters, Cascoue, the original murderer, would have absolutely escaped Once acquitted, he could not be put in jeopardy a second time. Now, he hiis only paid the penalty of his crhne; the principle of.

"a life for a fife" lias been vindicated. Yet society will try the avenger and probably convict him of murder in the first degree. Then the electric chair will send him to Join his victim and his murdered brother. From the Sicilian viewpoint-Amato was performing his highest duty in killing the slayer of Charmarino. He yielded to the prejudice or the wisdom of his adopted country to the extent of 'waiting till our forms of justice had taken their course, and had miscarried.

Legally his act was murder. Morally its quality depcVds on Aniafo's own conscience, which Is perfectly clear. Civilized jurisprudence cannot avoid these anomalies. Order is the first demand of society. Amato, if executed, will be clearly a martyr to this inexorable demand.

Heckling the Corporations. People who thought they discovered a tendency in the early days of the Taft administration to "let big business alone" will be startled by the programme laid out for the committees appointed by the President to suggest niiiendcnieiits to the interstate commerce law and the Sherman anti-trust law. Attorney General Wiekersham is at the head of the committee, which includes Secretaries Nagel and Bal-linger, Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Congressman Townshend, who drew the railroad rate law which created such a bitter tight in Congress under Roosevelt. These gentlemen will get to work in this city this month, and no one can doubt that they will have ample knowledge of business methods to guide them in their action. The Sherman law has never been enforced for the reason that under It the whole modern tendency to combination in business could have been stopped until the wreck of the law was cleared away from the tracks on which runs the train of commercial progress.

President Taft wants it amended so as to permit combinations which are not designed to stifle competition; that is, he would preserve the benefits of eom'binatlon while Its oppressions, are checked, and ho expects tills committee to fiud the way to do that. He also wants to throw off the administrative work concerning railroads which now hampers in the Interstate Commerce Commission and to make that body more clearly or purely judicial; but he also proposes to give it authority to control capitalization of all railroads and other corporations engaged in interstate commerce. That is a contract for his committee nnd it Is also a measure which it would require a big stick in each hand to force through Congress until there are considerable changes in that body. If the committee prepares the amendments for which it was created, and if those amendments are adopted, Mr. Boosevelt can come home and quality, 35c.

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IMPORTERS. JAMES P. SMITH COMPANT NEW YORK AND CHICAGO. duced. "'The calm acceptance of a situation- In 'which, surrounding every Industry, there is an eager and Derhans half- famlshed ring of unemployed, 'whose presence t-JindermineS the natural strength of the employed working man, whose lower standards threaten their standards ot Jiving, whose necessities may be played oft against the otherwise successful attempts of wage earners to increase their wages, and improve their conditions, is nothing else than callousness.

Apologists for the existing conditions in this respect take their stand upon the eternal economic laws, and rely upon the ultimate harmony between the self-interest of the Individual and the broad interests of society." The author also believes in that harmony of interests, and in the justice of fundamental economio principles, but he sees in many places maladjustments for which greed, ignorance and short-sighted policies are responsible. We should see clearly, he says, that no rational system of industry contemplates this fringe of the unemployed. He discusses the effect of Immigrant labor- on the labor market but finds no remedy. We have cherished the ideal of America as an asylum fo" the oppressed, and we must pay the cost. Professor Devlne describes other fruit-' ful causes of misery, and suggests many, remedies for improving conditions among the poorest, which are interesting to consider, though somewhat Utopian.

He has no expectation that poverty will be abolished, and no desire that It should be. But misery, resulting from a low standard of living, overcrowding, overwork, disease, friendlessnees, can be. and will be, he says, abolished. OUR ARMY-A'COLOR STUDY. Long years we knew the Boys in Blue, Who ended human slavery.

We cheered their fight for truth anl right, And eulogized their bravery. The Blue went down; and Khaki Brown, To which we could no thrill award, Was proper dress, when, to suppress Revolt they moved Manilaward. Now comes this stab at Olive Drab, To stir satiric merriments, While bloodlessly they fight or flee In gay war-game experiments. In conscience fight the Blue seemed right; Hard force the Brown epitomized; But Olive? Say, that does for play, It's use ls thus legitimatized! J. A.

A FAMOUS PEN. From the Boston Transcript. The Springfield Library Association has just laid the foundation for a collection Lincoln Yellcs. It starts with a very small one, intrinsically cheap and insig nificant. The Atwater estate has offered It the pen with which Abraham Lincoln signed the act passed by Con gress, April I8bz, emancipating tne slaves in the- District of Columbia, on condition that other people in the city having souvenirs of the great President shall devote them to the same public use.

was presented to George A. Atwater number of years ago by Benjamin F. Wade the famous ante-bellum senator from Ohio, who was present when Lin coln signed the bill, and received from him the Implement that made operative that significant decree. That date is now observed as a holiday by the colored, people of the Federal district. ADVERTISERS' EXPERIENCE.

(From Ncwspaperdom, Aug. 12.) You can't beat the Brooklyn Daily Eaele for results its field is so enor mous and it practically has a monopoly it. Some of the residents of Manhattan think it a shame that so good a paper should be published "across the but that needn't worry the man who is looking for returns Brooklyn is the New Yorker's home. PROTECTION OF THE TUNNEL. From the Yonkcrs Statesman.

Church I see they've got a new tunnel Jersey, now. Gotham Well, that's all right. When man has to go to Jersey he doesn't kt- It! I point with pride to the progress which I Mrs. Agnes Harding of Lewis Policies" have made while he line pursued a pickpocket, who had Africa and Jec- snatched her purse, nnd not only ir-it.