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The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
MAJOR DYE EXPLAINS
Why, i'm His Opinion, Certain Mat
tcrs I'm the Complaint Book should
Not be Made Public.

Why. i'm His Opinion, Certain Mat
tcrs in the Complaint BOOK should
Not be Made Public.
A CRITIC reporter this morning asked
Major of Police Dye what was the nature of
the records and information of his office
that he has been criticised for keeping from
the press.
"The reporters have access to all the
books and police reports in the depart
ment," said the official, with the excep-
tion of the complaint, book in the detect.
ives Office"
And why not that ono ?" inquired the
reporter.
Because there arc things on that book
that everybody will admit should not 20
into the newspapers, and which are just tho
things some reporters would Gull out and
make a sensation of, Now, havo case
in my mind where tho wife of an influential
citizen reported that she had been robbed
Of a lot Of jewelry. Tho case was invosti-
gated and IL was discovered that the hus-
band, while drinking, spent all his ready
cash and pawned or sold the iewelry. Now,
this sort of information should not DO given
toreporters who would parade itin the news
papers and make sensations of 1t, because
the man was not guilty of any crime, for tho
property was his own, and the police should
not parade man before the public as n
thief when he has committed no crime.
don't want to be understood as saying that
all the reporters would use these cases,
but there are some who would do so.
We also have other alleged robberies re-
ported which, if given out, would do in-
Justice to innocent persons and others who
have committed no crime. When gesu-
inc robbery is reported it is recognized at
once, and given out, but these suspicious
cases We recognize and refuse to give them
out until we discover whether a crime has
been committed. These are tho only cases
that the public has not access to-"
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
VilIard's.

s. Bomhardt, N. Y; Mrs. G.. II. welshon,
Behr, N. y; DR.. Muer, Yice.Consul, Chicago;
T.. Frank. N. Y; L. w. Comstock, indianapolis;
William J. Crawford and wife, Buffalo, N. y;
L. Ii. Bull, Detroit Mrs. O. Ii. Bull, Detroit;
Miss Fannie Griggs, Detroit; S. +. Cowoorn;
W. D. Loring and wife, Colorado q. s. Burk
j. +. Browne and wife, Philadelphia; II. O.
Cross, Boston; j. Il. Low and wife, Chelsea,
MAST DR.. G. W. Copeland aud wife, Boston;
d. W. Anlill, Boston; O. A. Stelenlet, N. Y;
Miss Bessett Pittsburgh; f. p. Hlslop,
Boston; J. Bradley, n. vi ~; R!sley, Conn.
st. Paul; W. Auerbach, st. Paul; A. d. Broad
water; A. Il. irving, N. Y; ]. +. Ripley, Taun-
ton, Mass; W. A. Engley, Taunton, Mass; NJ.
Q. Menquis, N. ": y. a. Stewart, MY.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
The Virginia Midland Railway.
THE TRUNK LINE TO THE SOUT
SOUTHWEST AND WEST.

THE TRUNK LINE TO THE SOuTB
SOUTHWEST AND WEST.
Schedule in effect NOVEMBER IS, 1888.
1895 A. M.-NIcW ORLEANS MAIL daily, max
Ing close CONNECTIONS to all points South anc
southwest, (Dally except Sunday with o, d o
Railway. Pullman Sleeping Buffet cars from
New York and Washington TO Atlanta Pail
lanta &c New Orleans.
$40 p, M:-LoUISVILLE FAST LINE. Daily
via Charlottesville to Cincinnati, Louisville
and all western points, Pullman Sleeping Oars
nom Waebington to Louisville. -
ll1O L, M.-SOuTHERNM MAIL AND EXPRESS,
Daily to all points South and Southwest via
DanVille and Charlotte DAILY except Sunday
with q. a. O. Railway. Pull nian Sleeping Cars
from Washing ton via Danyllle. ChArlotte and
Atlanta To New Orleans, also, from Washing
ton via Charlotte and Columbia TO Augusta
Manassas Division train leaves Washington at
1896 a, m. daily except Sunday.
Warronton trains leave Washington at 1886 a. m.
and 6:l0 p, m, daily.
For tickets and information inquire at Com
pany's ONCE, COL Pennn. ave. or at Union Depot
NJ, SLAUGHTER, n. MACDANIEL
den. Pass. Agent Agent,
SOL HASS. Traffic Manager.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
Mrs. McEIroy's Reception.

AIrs. McElroy gave tho eighth OF her series
OF Saturday afternoon receptions to-day. Mrs.
Ercy M was Tser rs HoaS II
selis; Mrs. Warner Miller, OF New York; Mrs.
Dwight n. sabin, OF Minnesota; Mrs Randall
Gibson, of Louisiana; Mrs. Charles Il. Man
derson, Of Nebraska; Mrs. Darwin h. James,
OF New York; Mrs. Eliza Jeffords, OF Missis-
sippi; Mrs. Stephen O. Millard, OF New York;
Mrs. Charles L. Mitchell, OF Connecticut; Mrs.
Serene L. payRe, OF New York; Miss Mitchell,
OF Oregon, ana Miss Beach aud Miss Maury, OF
Washington. The Blue Parlor and East Room
were tastefully decorated.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
AMuSEMENTS.
TIE NATIONAL TnEArnE.

THE NATIONAL THEATRE.
This evening is the last appearance this
season here OF Maude Granger IN "Clniro aud
the Forge Master"
FoRDs oPERA-IIoUsE.
The Madison Square Company closes Its sue
cessful weeks engagement this evening in
"Young Mrs. winthrop" at Ford's Opera.
House.
TIE THEATRE CoMIQUE.
IOscar is wild" aud host of other sens1-
tional attractions, with the popular actor, Mr..
Harry Montague, crowds the Theatre Comiquo
at every performance.
THE DIME MUSEUM.
ono OF the best shows for tho money ever
given In Washington IL presented at the Dime
Museum. Performances every afternoon and
evening.
THE AUTOMATIC CITY,
Bergmann's wonderful work OF mechanism
at 115 Seventh street. Admission, 10 cents.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15

The young girls and boys Ia the northwest
section Of the city held a meeting last evanlug
at the residence OF Mre. Lewis, ON Il street, TOE
the purpose OF organizing n circulating II.
the following officers elected: Miss Gertrl TO
Hines, Of Corcoran street, president; hlss
Dascum, viQe-president; Master Frank wait
aker, treasurer; Master Robert SerylH, sefre-
taty. After the transaction OF business t1o
remainder OF the evening was spent Ia rerlta'
tions and dancing.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
RHHRGEOS.
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE.
~ The NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
DOUBLE TRACK, SPLENDID SCENERY.
STEEL RAA,ILLs,MAe IIEICENTEoUIpM EMIT.
Trains odSnsI La i, Wa SBiNdIoN rom s Station
For e p,,sr 0i SIKH an streets, as follows;
a. M, daily; fast line, $40 A. NJ. daily with
western ExpFe :, I4o p H. Gsiy w IIipc9 nSs
Cars to Ptsp rgh; also connects daily for Chi.
wi,h SEeenipg TaT nom Pi,ts5urgh 70 Chicago;
the west With Palace Sl ,Sr d pt onrgh and
inston 10 Chicago.
BALTIMORE & POTOMAC RAILROAD
For Erie: Canandagua, Rochester, Buffalo. Mag.
PALACE Cars from Washington to Rochoster. ana ana
washington to Buffalo. Tralp leaving Wash.
R pn,onv ON saturday night will not run beyond
For Williamsport, Lock Haven and ElnIra at
For New York and the Fast. S.i5 A. NJ, 1850 A.
ac i 1910 AM ana Iq y npd liS ~ On Sunday,
pullman ParIor Cars, $40 A. N. daily EXCEPT
week dsy on sunday, ! =. H. .''O Il M every
FSf Jgr9Skyqn 1 x M through trains connect
HiioTei1g direct transfer TO Fulton street, avoid.
For fhSdelpbla, Els aS and iSSo w fgfk Giy Aoo
iis = n Limited ESDrsss, 40 A. z, n sIo aa apS
For baltimore DO SIS $40, 1000, 1880 A. M. and
on SUNDAY - So 54y 10 IA 1o IoGo and IL Il5
and 1i.l5 r. NJ. NV WV "f'' iV'V'
For Pore's Creek Line, O 90 A. M and 40 y M
daily, except Sunday. - 49,
For Annapolis, $50 a. NJ. and 40 p. NJ. daily, ex
ceDt sunday. -
ALEXANDRIA, & FREDERICKSBURG RAIL
WAY AND ALEXANDRIA q WAsuINIi
ION RAILROAD.
For Alexandra, 6.s5. 720, 92j, Los and H. rs A.
NJ, 2Oo, AS, 3, 625, sos and ii. 35 p. n ON SIM
day at 635, V;25, I1oD A. NJ, sos pm.
For Richmond and the South G35 and lIOj A. NJ.
daily and T. M. daily, except Sunday.
Trains leave Alexandria for Washington or
sos, 1910 and 10 20 A. Il. sos, S22 10. ToJ and
1910 = M. and IL. 10 midnight. On Sunday at s05
ana lO.lO A. NJ, 7G and 1910 L. NJ.
Tickets and information at the Office northeast
corner of Thirteenth street and Pennsylyanla ave.
nue. ana at the station where orders can be left for
and residences,
o,, J. r. WOOD,
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
THE EVENING CRITIC
ISTAHIlRHED AU0uST 1908.
WEATHER INDICATIONS,

The special bulletin Issued from the Signal
ONCE tO.nny says;
For sunday fair weather IA indicated for
New England ana tho Middle Atlantic states.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
A YaIunhIe Morse sold.

Mr.. John Gheen, the livery stable man, has
Just sold his horse "Douglas," which has a
record OF 2: 25, TO a gentleman Ia Brooklyn for
$4,000. douglas ia q half brother OF Wash
Majors UAllunfe Palmer" ..spcstt
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
,uF TurATnE COMIoUE.
The pYntron nj the rail-.

The difficulty between the officials controlling
the jail has at last been settled and Mrs. Eliza-
beth u. Russell Is TO commence her duties
there on the 10Th inst. The innovation is u
guage OF the Senate Committee, common de-
CepCy reuulresn
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
"Tho sTountaineern ExcItea.

An employe at the Asylum here drewef NTH
OF the second capital prize OF $25,00Q,tfn the
Grand Drawing OF the Louisiana Sta&B Lottery
last Tuesday, February ~, and petfhe whole
TO havoit. We would give tha3hame OF the
lucky man, but don't ihow yglfether he cares
about having his nari Re1lished. Tho OK.
element around Nor Anfh N a. mud the
eagerness with whicfIhfifT newspapers were
scanned 10 find the Mm6 OF the fortunate
ticket-holder OF No le185S revealed the fact
have been suspser6d OF investing In lotteries
held tickets iIftko Louisiana State Lottery al
New Orleana5Frhe 10Th drawing will lake
place on TUtAday,, April B, whom 500, 800 Will
be scatterafin prizes under Generals Beaure.
gard anatEarly's management. All infOrma.
lion wh/bs given by NJ, A. Dauphln, New Or.
leanA9Ka, on application. -MOSgaRtOn ~. ~
AlspNGinefi, Ft6. 20, 1884.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15

The concert announced hNEMfs club Wed.
nesday, March 20, .atpfm6 CONGREGATIONAL
ohurch, nromlsesiGDg6a rare musical traat.
Niles Emily Witt, tho celebrated Gontralt0,
Will sinR,Gpha Olaca," from Ponchieli's VIA
Gioe2pbe and other solos. See advertisement
SabAnn.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
HEALTH IE WEALTH

HBALTEI IS WEALTH
Or. &c. G. Vests Nerve and Brain Treatment,
yuhions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia, Headache,
Nervous Proetrston caused by the use Of
presaon. Softenlng OF the Brain resulting in
insanity and leading TO misery, decay and
power In either sex, Involuntary Losses and Sper-
matorrhea caused by over-exertlon of the brain,
thins the months treatment. u box, or six
boxes for %, sent by mail prepaid on receipt OF
any case. With each order received by us for six
boxes, accompanied with IS, we will SEND the pur-
chaser our written guarantee TO refund the money
II the treatment does not effect n cure Guaran-
tees Issued only by stott q Cromwell, Washing
tOn. L---L-L..-. Iu7
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15

POSTMASTER GENERAL GRESHAM, will
return on Tuesday night. NJ
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15
TI,rne ktrIher-nnd Onl.

NHIVN FNNTHhFN ItItH VIII
The clock strikes one,
They sit apart.
'H would that were ablrd," said he,
And then he softly sighed;
"rhat was loves white dove, an me!
70 hover by thy side"
~ would that we're cage" said she,
While hOr dropping oyelds hiisi
"rhnt might prison be for thee
~ keep thee by my side"
The clock strikes two,
With heart to heart.
"Wuuld were a gun" tho father said,
AS he glldod down the stair;
Willie dove grew red as no mentioned bed
with dark paternal glare.
The clock strikes three,
Arise-depart.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15

uiEkazacgufar monthly meeting of tho
Washington Continentals was held last evon.
Ing at tho armory, Colonel George II. Tlmms
presiding. A number OF applications for mem-
bersbip were received 1t was decided TO unite
with the Lawrence Barrett Dramatlc Club IN
an entertainment TO he given in May. The
meeting was largely attended aud enthusiastic
and considerable business was transacted, aud
II was decided 70 parade on Decoration Day,
The names OF those entitled 10 the premiums
for selling the most tickets at the recent hair
were announced as follows: First premium,
gold watch, 10 Miss Mary Mills; second, dla-
mond ring, TO Miss Lula Denison; third, Jew.
elry, 10 Mrs. Captain Vermilllon.
The Evening critic., 1884-03-15

IN Philadelphia, yesterday, Joseph Gind-
hart, an indentured apprentices, was brought
ordination and with wiiIfuily spelling work
given him 10 DO. The Court said that IL was Il
pity that the old system OF apprenticeship had
gone out OF use, and that we are dependent
upon foreign countries for our skilled laborers.
He would let apprentices know that thelgfn.S
denturHs meant something, ana accerdthgly
sentenced the boy to tha,d ebtora sprfSon for2l
! hours. This, the ,Judgd1 &asAss6dld not brand
him as a criminal. skg4
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-10-03
The Demands OF business.

They were on their way to the depot.
She was going to the country for few
weeks to visit her mother, and he was
to remain in town and slave away at
the office.
.It's too bad, john" she said, "that
business should keep you in the city
during the hot weather"
ut can't be. helped" he replied
manfully. Business must be attend.
ed to, even If the weather is hot. "
Then something that sounded like
Enthusiastically" came from under
Johns breath.
"What did you sayp" she demanded
suspiciously.
II said that business, my dear, must
be attended to without regard to the
weather."
"Oh! 1 Thought you said something
else"
mo; that was all. ! shall miss you
very much, DEAR" he went on, ''but il
will only be for few weeks. you know,
and then we will be together again.
Rum-ti-tum-ti-"
The shrek of locomotive drowned
the latter part of his remark, and
placing his wife on the train, he kissed
her lovingly and in broken voice bade
her goodbye.
When the train had pulled out Of
sight John went into the station and
said to the agent:
give me a (rum-te-tum-tiddy) tick
ct to Coney Island and return. Ooh
rum-te-tum-tiddy. Hi-hor") Med
York San.
Robert Bonner, of the Ledger, unfor'
tunately was Photographed as having
given a bell to Western church. I'm
mediately hundred bells were ap
piled for By begging letters,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-10-03
Tammany CrOw-Supper.

The New York Tribune's broadway
notebook" man, who at times does all
the editing that a Democratic newSpa-
per out West will bear, says in his
notes to-day:
81 sat at the Tammany crow-supper
last Friday, and found myself among
friends. Everybody around me was
for Blaine. The more Celtic the coun-
tenance the more determined it was for
Blaine. We talk Butler and we vote
Blaine whispered stranger in my
ear. They say Grady won't speak,
said the car-driver as got off. Faith,
l bet you he speaks The great body
of that audience never moved either to
applaud or to hiss. The Cleveland
huZZaers were about 200 in number.
All the rest were like John Kelly,
still as death. He never moved his
hands. Old Spinola'S speech was the
best acted thing of the whole. Il be-
lieve we can rescue victory from the
Jaws of defeat, he said; Il think it can
still be done, but you must doit. With
out you this ticket can't be elected
If he had said in terms, You stay at
home and this ticket will be defeated
it would have meant the same thing.
Bourke Cochran does not mean to vote
for Cleveland, unless he has been talk
ing for naught ever since the cOnven-
ton. When the Hon. Pat Walsh, of
Georgia, told him and others, only a
month ago, that Cleveland's defeat
meant an end of the solid South, he
said he thought that would be a good
thing"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-10-03
Ristori's Plea.

met one day last week an old lady
who told me this story of Ristori, OF
whom she spoke in terms of most de-
voted friendship. The story has never,
she told me, been printed before:
Nine. Ristori was playing in the city
of Madrid in the Royal Theater. She
had carried the audience, away in the
act by her great power, the curtain had
fallen on the first act, and unusually
long applause occurred. No one could
understand her absence. The time
came and passed when she should have
resumed play. What was the meaning
of her abscncep AS she was passing
from the stage, in the wings, stood a
poor woman, who caught her gar
meDt.
Madame" she said. do you hear
that bell now tollingP"
s.Yes."
THAT bell tolls for the death of my
husband; he will die at sunrise to-mor-
row. Won't you," she implored the
woman, plead for meP The Queen
sits in the box yonder."
The great tragedy queen went to the
Royal box and begged for the life OF
that man-a man that she had no par
ticular interest in, but simply because
he was going to die. Mime. Ristori
pleaded so we'll with the Queen that
with pencil she wrote his reprieve,
and he was saved. Meantime the truth
had crept out among the audience, and
when the curtain rose again the whole
audience sprang to their feet. Tears
ran like rain. Hats and handkcrchiefs
were waved. Shout after shout went
up from the multitude-not for the
tragic queen, but for the woman infin-
itely greater-the wa man that pleaded
for a life, and not in vain. From q
FOreign Letter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-10-03
Beasts Before the Law.

Beasts were often condemned to be
burned alive; and, strangely enough,
it was in the latter half of the seven
tenth century, an age of comparative
enlightenment that this cruel penalty
was most frequently inflicted. Occa-
sionally a merciful Judge adhered to
the letter Of the law by sentencing the
culprit to be slightly singed. and then
to be strangled before being burned.
Sometimes they were condemned to be
buried alive. Such was the fate suf-
fered by two pigs in 1856, ION the vigil
of the Holy Virgin" at Oppenheim, on
the Rhine, for killing a child, Ami
mails were even put to the rack in order
to extort confession. 1t is not to be
supposed that the Judge had the slight
est expectation that any confession
would be made; he wished simply to
observe all forms prescribed by the law
and to set in motion the whole machin-
cry of justice before pronouncing
Judgment. The question, which in such
cases would seem to be only a wanton
and superfluous act of cruelty, was
nevertheless an important element in
determining the final decision, since
the death-sentence could be committed
into Punishment provided the criminal
had not confessed under torture. The
use of the rack was therefore a means
of escaping the gallows. Appeals were
sometimes made to the higher tribu-
mails, and the judgments of the lower
courts annulled or modified. In one
instance SOW and a she-ass were
condemned to be hanged; on appeal
and after new trial they were sem
fenced to be simply knocked in the
head. In another instance an appeal
led to the acquittal of Tie accused.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-10-03
SchurZ's Real Animus.

In his speeches Carl Schurz declares
that "the election of any Democrat
would be preferable to the election of
Mr.. Blaine" SchurZ need not 60 furth-
er than this declaration to convince
any sensible person that he is not adj
vOcating Cleveland's election OH the
ground of reform i'm the civil service"
or of "clean" government, but that he
is actuated by personal malice and
hatred Of Mr.. Blaine. 1t gives the lie
to his hypocritical pretenses of princi-
pie, of morals, and of ideal political
virtue in the campaign, and shows
that actuated by malice, he was ready
to be retained by the BOurbons in
Cleveland's interests. The inference
is simply irresistible.
This wholesale declaration explains
the enigma which has puzzled some
people and removes all the mystery
which has attached to his support of
Cleveland and Hendricks. His person.
al hatred OF Mr.. Blaine is so intense
that he prefers the election of any Dem
Ocrat, good, bad, or Indifferent, to the
success of the Republican party. 1t
shows how he can support a man OF
ter. an ignoramus in craftsmanship, a
friend of mOnOpOlists, an enemy of
w0rkingmen. like Cleveland, and no
tOr!Ously dislOyal man when the cOun-
try was in danger, and the enemy of
every measure that has been made for
the cOuntry's prosperity, like Hen
bricks. TO Carl SchurZ the candidate
is of no concern, nor the principles he
represents. however vicious they NAV
be. lie prefers the election of any
Democrat to that of Mr.. Blaine.
Other Independents have sought to
Justify their course upon principle.
Carl SchurZ openly boasts that it is per-
Sonal hatred that actuateS him, and to
crafty that malice he is willing to sac
rifice the Republican party. Mr..
Blaine. if elected, cannot go farther
than the Republican party con-
sents to let him, yet says MIR. Schurz in
this speech: mo matter how much
maladministration the Democrats may
give the country, there can be no ca
lamity equal to the success of Mr..
Blaine"-ln other words there can be
no calamity equal to the success of the
Republican party. And this comes
from the man who but short time
ago said: "Only once have l slept in q
"side-room of the Democratic party,
"and there have l heard enough not to
vote a Democratic ticket again in my
life. Yes. my hand shall wither be-
"fore do so again." And now Carl
Schurz is sleeping in the front room
with two of the worst Democrats he
can find, and advocating the election of
his bed-fellOws-at $3.50 a time?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-10-03
Photograph Albums on Duty.

Oh, yes, I said, 1 always enjoyed
looking at photographs, Photographs
and autographs just dotted on.
am a man accustomed to photo
graph albums. You can't fool me on
them. have sat up with them from
Halifax to Denver. and l know them by
name and sight. Pa and ma and that's
grandpa and that's grandma, and here's
Uncle George, and this is an aunt Of
pas, she's very wealthy and has no
children and pa is her favorite nephew;
and this is a young lady I went to
school with, and this is his brother
Henry, and this is Cousin Sue. and
this is Aunt Hattie's baby, and this is
young man Henry went to school
with, and do you know who this lisp
All, you. now I won't listen to another
word. 1t amt bit like me, anyhow;
/ it's horrid. and this is pas clerk, and
this-te, he-a young man-no. won't
tell you his name; he lives in Kicka-
poo, and this is-oh, my son, you can't
strand me on photograph albums.
know Just where the family ends and
the strangers file in.-Burdette.
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The Intelligent Comp.

A few days ago remarkable tele-
gram was dropped upon the desk of a
managing editor of a New York news-
paper 1t created such commotion in
the Office that the whole staff. from the
police court man to proof reader, was
Immediately summoned. When all
had gathered in line and the doors had
been closed the dispatch was solemnly
read. 1t was from the absent editor
in-chiof. He was supposed to be Mt a
summer resort, but the temperature of
his epistle indicated that he was in the
vicinity of the north pole. The read
ing started SILVER about tho room,
and the Office boy turned on the steam.
The foreman of the composing-room
appeared particularly cold, and offered
to 90 down to the boiler-room and fire
up, but the frigid forefinger of the
managing editor bade him stay. The
telegram was as follows:
Find out who mixed up our prospectus on
seventh page, top COL, mkt. r. M, and feed
him 10 the polar bears in Central Park.
The managing editor opened the
morning paper and turned to the
seventh page. The foreman tried to
slide down the copy elevator, but was
pulled back. Holding up the paper
and pointing to page seven the manag-
ing editor read:
Prospectus of the New York Only for the
campaign Of 1884. This journal was never
so useful or prosperous as now. Our
Short time paper at big discount; loans in
crease $l07, $50; circulation decrease, ten
thous-
Il knew what was coming!' inter-
rupted the foreman. excitedly; II knew
that internal bank statement would get
mixed up with our prospectus. l be-
lieve that intelligent compositor from
the rival office was sent over here for
that purpose. ButPn get even with
'em If have to hire a man to go over
there and pull three figures out of their
circulation statement. Then he
winked at the makeup and proof
reader, as all three wore look of re-
lief.
So the intelligent compositor has to
stand it again. p. ;.