per mr t 2 oi carne wo aw wee mem | | i i | | b i. amount of LETTER FROM NEW YORK AMOUNT OF COAL THAT CITY CONSUMES. A California Colony Established in New York State--A Riot on Front Street Caused By Teamsters' Union Troubles. New York, March 19.--Statistics are always locked upon as cold facts and extremely uninteresting, yet one of the most interesting and astonishing pieces of information that has met my attention during the last week is that regarding the amount of coal consumed by the city of Greater New York in oue year. To keep its inhab- Hants warm, and for furnishing them with light, power and other conveni- ences, beth for domestic and business purposes; requires more than one: tenth of the total retail tonnage of the whole United States, that total *heing seventy millions, and New York city consuming nine millions of an- thracite coal. Besides this, six million five hundred thousand tons of bitumin- oys coal are also turned into smoke and ashes here. The strictly retail sales of coal amount to two million tons more per year than are sold in threg north-western states of South Dakota, North Dakota and Minbesota combined. It amounts to one-third of the total to of ten of the largest cities of the United States, nearly equalling the total of Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. Many of the large down-town sky- scrapers use ten thousand tons a year, and several now going up, it is esti mated will consume fifty, seventy-five and ove hundred tons a day. Each new skyscraper that is built requires that some two hundred carloads more of coal be brought into the city to feed its voracious furnace. The in- creased number of sky-scrapers and the very rapidly increasing number of people carried on street cars are largely responsible for the enormous increase in the coal consumption of the city since the seventies. Then, a coal dealer who sold and delivered sixty tons of coal in a month thought he was "doing well," and now he declares that it doesn't make him feel as happy to deliver one thousand tons helfore breakiast, because the troubles of accomplishing it are as much increased as is the quantity sold. Because of the great and con- tinual increase in the price of real estate in Greater New York, there are but few dealers who maintain coal yards on Manhattan Island. This ex- pense has driven many to cross into New Jersey and others to "pockety' along the city's river fronts. In both cases the hauls are long and thetime consumed - very considerable, adding not a little to the expense of delivery, { which is one of the troublesome pro- blems of the increasing consumption of the city that must be worked gut. The coal burned in this city is more than that consumed by any one state jn the union, excépt New York state itself, and will continue to increase unless some substitute for coal is dis- covered, which seems very improba- ble. To be relieved from the smoke and ashes that coal leaves behind would indeed be a relief; when it does come probably it will not be by a change of fuel, but by the discovery of some methed of producing perfect combustion, Lo The George Junior Republic, of Freeville, Tompkins county, this state, are about starting a California colony, There are two colonies that are gainibg ground in Connecticut and Sinriana, and 1 hope to see them established in every slate, as they have undoubtedly given a bent in the right' direction to many a lad whose earlier smergies had been misdirected, In childhood as well as in later years "alk -sin is but misdirected enerey, What a child becomes interested in, he will 'direct his whole mind and ener~v upon, He has to exgend a - certain energy Pvery day; no energy is produced without thought ~forve; -and-H-the- thoughts. are direct. ed in right channels and interest there. in aroused, the energy cannot be mis- directed and the growth of desirable characteristics is certain. In the edu. cation of children, it has lone been the aim of instructors to cram ther minds with facts. In my yoith the boy who had the best memory for words was generally the show scho- lar (the best pupil), rather than the one who was able to do the most thinking. Not a single one of those show-pupils has made any great suc- cess in fife, but one of the slowest hoys, who fairly stammered out his ideas, but in his own words and al ways from a standpoint of his own, has become a very famous lawyer and 4 popular public speaker. Facts sto in the memory, unless they Jead to deductions that are thought. forces, are not education. Thought development that leads to action is the only education worth having and Sharacter The Georse the dev t ol character among older reiament believe are as great an advance, edu- oa kindergarten the only kind that will lead to the de- ¢ velopment of iden for interesting the very young in 1 wih the repre « w in this Tn ted States were as quick to repeal An unwise law, as are the citizens of the George Junior Republics, Not long since a majority of the boy vot ers of the republic put on the statute book sa law establishing the union hours against the solid vote of the go citizens--(note that in the repub- io» the sexes have equal powers in making the laws under which both sexes must live). The first day the eight-hour day went into effect the boys left work at five o'clock, took an extra hour of football, and went home extra hungry. The kitchen fires were all out, and no tables were set or food prepared. The girls declared it was "mfter hours," and thev "would not get supper." The next day the boy citizens called a meeting at the town hall, and voted "to a boy" to repeal the unwise law at once. There is no instance on record of adult men citizens (voters, law-makers), ever Le- ing so quick-witted or so just regard- ing their laws. Is it because the adult woman population, not yet recognized as citizens, have no voice in making the laws of this great nation ? This week there was a riot in Front street, this city, in which, although bullets whizzed through the street from every direction, the ambulance found only one man injured. The fight was between the members of the Inter national Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Teamsters' Association caused by the men from one society filling the places of discharged mem- bers of the other, which had gone on strike. If we consider the suffering through lack of work and the blood- shed caused by the strikes these un- ions order, it is a question if thev do not do as much harm as good. When will there be found some better meth- od of settling the differences hetween capital and labour than the last re- sort of the walking delegate, force and riot instead of arbitration, SOUND OF THE LASH. It is Painful to the Lovers of Animals. Life is made well-nigh unendurable these days to the animal-lover who is much on the streets. On every side is heard the whirr of the whip as it falls on the back or sides of some poor overworked horse. A favorite dodge of the brutal driver seen often lately is to curl the lash round so that it strikes on the sensitive underneath. Oh, if one could only break every whip in the city | Whips are not a neces- sity anyway. A horse that is able will go just as well, if it is so trained, to the sound of the voice, But every boy and man who drives carries a whip in his hand only too ready to use it upon his hard-working beast. Will our readers not help us in this campaign against unmerciful 'beatings? There is beginning to be a wholesome dread of the police court, and all that is necessary, as a rule, is to forbid the use of the whip and threaten to report the offender. Do not be afraid of being conspicuous. What is that compared to the fact of preventing cruelty ? But some women never get away from the thought '"'what will the onlookers think of me?' They are like Flufly Ruffles in her last ad- venture, She goes to the rescue of a horse that is being beaten, but! her kindly deed attracts so much atten- tion that. she decides to do so no more : "The next day she "I'm grieved to ' "The work, though interesting, conspicuous for me." " Shame on Flufly Ruffles and shame on every woman who allows a horse to be cruelly beaten, and never raises her voice against it! It is hard enough for the poor horses to pull their loads along our Alpine roads, with their mountains and their valleys. It is not necessary to add to their woes by the use of ihe lash, Error Was Expensive. Philadelphia Record: 5 Through a Very simple mistake a business man of this city was forced to spend a good wad of his tightly held cash the other night. He was scheduled to take his wife to the thea- tre. Business took him to New York inthe daytime, so he told his wife, as he was leaving the house, that he would try to get tickets and would let her know before getting on the train. Aiter securing the tickets he forgot all about informing his wife, and when he arriked in New York he suddenly ~ remembered and sent this telegram ¢ "Have gotten tickets. Meet me at Broad street station." When he came back to town he was .met by his wife and eight other relatives and friends, all ready for the theatre, "We're all here, waiting for you," cried his wild" it's so good of you to invite so many." "Why, what . do you mean : * asked the amazed hus- band. "Here's your telegram," ans- wered the wife, and there it was as large as life, just as the telegrapher had made it © "Have got ten tickets." resgmed her badge. find," said she, is' too In Stock. Ha 's Weekly. "There is a proprietor of a shop in | New Have, a man of most exatable temperament, who is forever scolding his clerks for their indifference in the matter of possible sales. THE DAILY STARTED PENNILESS Must Circle the Globe in Six Yehrs or Forfeit Bet of $40,- 000. Rome, March 21.--There have arriv- ed in Rome a Dutch couple, named Saeys, who, on October 27th last, be- an to travel round the world on foot. . SBaeys is a distinguished geograph- er, but has never been a tourist, and his wile is the first woman who has ever undertaken such a journey. The difficult enterprise is the outcome of a bet made by Saeys with another geo- grapher, named Bring, who will pay cuit years. of the terrestrial globe in six If they are unsuccessful, Bring is to receive that amount. The sum of $80,000 has been deposited by both parties in the national bank at Ams- terdam. The enterprising couple left Amster dam without a penny in their pockets, and, they are to pay their travelling expenses by selling picture postcards containing their portraits. Having crossed Holland, they reached Liege, 'then Brussels, Mons and Paris, where they stayed fim days, then continued their journey through Marseilles, Nice, Genoa, lLueea, Pisa, Florence, Perugia, and finally Rome. They will visit oth- er Italian towns and embark for Af. rica at Marsala. After crossing the dark continent, they will take a steamer to South America, and leaving from Montevideo will reach New York hy way of the Isthmus of Panama. From New York they will again take a steamer to Holland, and end their travels at Amsterdam, after covering, altogether, about 28,000 miles. DIRECTOR OF CENSUS. Preparations Begun For One to Be Heli in 1910, 8S. N. D. NORTH. S. N. D. North is now busily pre paring for the direction of what is probably the greatest business under- taking, responsibility for which rests upon any one man, in this country, Mr. North is the director of the Uni- ted States census, and the explan- ation of his present activity is found in the fact that another general cen- sus of the entire country is to be taken in the year 1910, and prepara- tions are already under way. The task of enumerating upward of 100,000,000 people will require the services of thousands of enumerators or house-to- house canvassers, and not less than 3,000 clerks. to do the tabulating, compiling, etc, of the information se- gured, by the field' nién. These extra clerks will receive from $600 to 81,- 000 a year, and will probably be ap- pointed without thé necessity for um- dergoing a civil service examination. Already Director North is beine flood: od with applications for these posi- tions. Settler's Low Rates West. The Chicago & Northwestern rail way will sell one way second class settlers tickets daily from March Ist to April 30th next, to points in Cali- fornia, , Washington and other Western states, also to Victoria, Van- couver, Nelson, Rossland, ete. Tourist sleeping cars daily from Chicago to principle Pacific coast points, For full particulars as to rates, routes and folders, write B., H. Bennett, general agent, 2 "East King street, Toronto. -- When Is It 12 O'Clock ? New York Press. ere is another silly discussion : "When is it twelve o'clock? When the clock strikes one, it is one o'clock just at the moment the hammer hits the gong. But when is it twelve--just when the hammer hits the gong the first time or the last time, or between the sixth and seventh times? How are we going to know it is twelve until the twelve strokes are heard if Whenever any kind of a healing ap- lication is required, use Wade's Oint- You will then be sure you have used the best possible remedy. It should be kept in house wounds or the couple $40,000 if they make the cite] tha BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1008. ¥ rn ------------------ LOVERS DIE TOGETHER. Marriage Being Impossible They Decide on Suicide. Paris, March 21.--Clapsed in each others' arms, with a wedding-ring on the girl's finger and with a spray of evergreen plant, denoting fidelity = en- twining them, were found the dead bodies of a girl of twent- Eugenie Jean, a florist, and a man named Adolphe Lhuillier, aged thirty-two The discovery was made in au ho- tel, where the lovers lived. They had explained to the landlord that it was their intention to pet married in Ap- ril. Eugenie, however, suffered from consumption, and her lover insisted upon her giving up her work lest she should get worse. But Eugenie had, unknown to her lover, continued to work. Then she broke down, and, being convinced t she was incurable, the couple re- solved to die. They stopped up all the doors and windows and Adolphe, having placed a ring on his sweetheart's finger, lighted a charcoal brazier and await. od death. QUEEN VISITS FACTORY, Young Consort of King Makes Herself! Popular, Seville, Yarch 21.--While King Al- onso 18 hunting - "or playing polo, Queen Victoria Fugenie enjoys oe the local life of her people. The women of Seville noted for their beauty and grace, have shown her majesty their dances of the south, Yesterday the queen visited a cigar and cigarette factory where many hun- dreds of women and girls were em- ployed. One cigarmaker she noticed had a cradle with her child in it by her side, The queen took the baby in her arms and caressed it warmly. The mother wept from emotion. and, fall- ing on her knees, kissed the oueen's feet. An old woman who packed the cigarettes with marvelous rapidity was asked by the queen how long it had taken her to acauire such speed. She said that after fortv-two vears of re gular work she econld fill 5,000 packets a day. s ---- BOY JACK THE RIPPER. Confesses Crimes Coolly and En- joys Notoriety. Berlin, March 21.--A youthful Jack the Ripper was arrested, to-day, by the Berlin police, in the person of a sixteen-year-old hoy named Kurt Keller, He was caught in the act of attacking a little wirl, At the police station the boy ad- mitted this and similar crimes, both on small girls and boys, several of whom he had threatened with the knife. His = tonfession aroused the suspicion that he might be the mur. derer of the little five-year-old girl, Elsa Michlke, who was stabbed and killed in Berlin two months ago. Keller ' admitted his guiit compla- cently and described the circumstan- ces. Te shows mo sorrow. but rather seems to enjoy his notoriety. BERLIN AS A PORT. Simms i Ship Canal From Capital to Sea to Ba Built. Berlin, March 21.--The ship canal from Berlin to Stettin, which will transform the capital into a seaport accessible to vessels of moderate size, will, according to present expectations be completed in 1912, The width of the canal will enable two ships of the maximum size to pass each other at any point. The canal will be navigable for ships the dimensions of which do not exceed the following measurements: Length, 220 feet; width, 26 feet; draught, 5 feet 6 inches, The total cost of the canal will be approximately. $11,250,000. The canal runs through Valentinswerder, Ebers- walde and Saatwinkel, and joins the Oder before reaching Stettin. 'Teutons Checkmate France. Berlin, March 21.--The German mili- tary authorities have decided to es tablish a station for military airships at Metz, in South Germany, a dis- tance of not quite ten miles from the French frontier. Germany is only following the lead of the French war office, which some time ago established a similar station at Verdun, twenty miles from the Franco-German frontier. The ill-fated Patrie began her famous flight from Verdun, and the airship Ville de Paris is now stationed there and will remain there until the new French airship La Republique is ready to take her place. There is reason to believe that the station at Metz is intended to be the first of a chain of stations for mili- tary airships along the German fron- tiers. ------------------ Monster Wedding Feasts. Paris, March 21. Magnificent Bre- ton fetes characterized a double wed- ding of rich farmers which has just been celebrated at Pluneret. The guests, to the number of 2,000, all came on horseback or in car: riages, The and many others wore sheep, four hundred fowl, thirty- five barrels of cider and eight barrels of wine were consumed at the ban- quets served during the festivities, which lasted three days. 1 Death Reported. old offendér that hung on othing A HOT EXPERIENCE PLAYS GAME OF CARDS WITH FIERCE MADMAN. 1 Lunatic Produces Razor With Which to Cut Of Head of King. Paris, March 21.--M. Rahen, a mem- ber of the Paris Boulevard club, to- day told the story of a very dis agreeawe experience he had on Thurs- | day night. He strolled into the ecardroom of his club, and found that the only oe cupant there was a man whom be slightly knew as a fellow-member, but whom he had not seen for some time. He casually saluted the man, who asked him if he would have a quiet game of cards. The two men sat down at a card table and began . to play. M. Rahen was soon absorbed in the game, and presently, very much to his surprise, began to realize that his partner was openly cheating. duuden- ly looking up, he was horrified to see the man leering at him over the top of his cards. The lock in the man's eyes and his whole demeanor at once caused M. Rahen to guess that his part: r had gone mad. But he did not lose his presence of mind and went on playing in the hope that somebody would come into the room. The suspense lasted a quarter of an hour, during which his partner talked loudly about "entiing the king's throat" if that card were produced, and drew a razor from his pocket and placed it on the table. Happily several people came into the room at this point. One of them went up to the madman and said : "Your highness the carriage is below." Without a word the madman got up and followed the doctor, for such the visitor proved to be, into the street. It appears that the madman, until a few months ago, had been a fre- quenter of the club, but as he had a mania for personating rovalty he was confined in a private asylum. He es. caped from it on Thursday, and search was maue for him in vain until it was remembered that he belonged to the club and had probahly gone there, Madman On A Liner. Southampton, March 21.--A local preacher who was a first-class passen- ger on the Dover Castle arrived at Southampton from South Africa, yes terdav, in a strait-jacket. A day or two from Plymouth he smashed "a window and attempted to cut his throat with a piece of the glass. On being placed in the ship's hospital he stripped himself and fought the at- tendants. Magistrates Superstitious. London, March 21.--When the King- ston county magistrates took their seats, yesterday, it was seen that there were thirteen on the bench. 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