The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-22
HE'S AN ALI-nouyD WISE MAN


HE'S Az ALL-ROUND WISE MAN.
Iaspse.er steers Awards the raim ro-
| Hook Learning Go Serxe Tins.
The great literary question Of the Police De-
partment has been settled at last Police
INSPECTOR Steers has officially decided that
SerRt. Oliver Tins OF the Tsnderloln district
knows the most about books and things Of
anybody in the department This weiRhty
! matter was to have been determined upon def
| inteiy on New Years day, aud the whole force
was reported to be awaiting anxsousy the YER
dict OF the learned. Inspector. 1t did not leak
| out until last week, however. that the verdict
had been rendered quietly without any fuss or
feathers. This best suited the champion book
student Of the department..
| 1t had been suggested to Inspector Steers
| that It might be better to hold n sort OF SYM
postum In tho arena OF the Madison Square
Garden and admit the public to enjoy the treat
oilistening to the scholars OF the finest" deliv-
| err orations. In which their varied learning was
| to be concretely displayed. but the Inspector
| decided. II seems, that this would be putting
on pomp that was not in keeping with tho
modesty that goes with solid learning.
| There are O nuhfber Of star book lovers In
| the Police Department. among them Inspector
| Dyrnes. Inspector Conlin. and Inspector Will
| liams. and Sergeants Bird and Sheldon. All
| tVeso Sport vi SIehtdt VI AOoo Variety
Inspector Williams particularly. Superin-
tendent Murray. too. Is fond OF reading. SO is
Detective Charles Kemp, who Is skilled in the
| art of literary composition besides.
| But by common consent this memorable
| contest narrowed down TO Sergeant Tins and
his old.time friend and neighbor Sergeant
| Charles Alberson OF Capt. Thompson's CON-
mand Both had been reading up history and
philosophy ever since THE Sun made known
that there was an intellectual competition
| quietly under way In the department. Sergeant
Tins had got together so many books that he
couldn't get. them all In his West Twenty
geant sheldon's wardrobe and Capt, Reilly's
Alhertson also had secured lot Of priced tomes
nnd swelled his we'll selected library nearly
in S sne m 9T
MAE he ha hs
eaaa lis eder a and on Christmass f Day
he tlnnlly retired formally from tho contest and
had erded up i lis literary loins. SO to speak.
and was eauipped to give battle. royal to any
A alresdy am aanoaneei ssrssant rims had
prepared sort OF competitive lecture that
since f RI fw co o
expected that the Sergeant would deliver this
GsHSs but at the T,l last ST. moment he too
formed. the lecture. was delivered privately.
| Capt Reilly said yesterday that tho renson for
reporters. it seems that he thought that an
abstract such ns they would prepare for the
al e sEs en- %
seems that tho Sergeant had onco been mis-
ny had
Byrnes INTO to fxIaLn things that he Ind never
| Qucntly dismissed by the newspaper that en-
| ployed him does not appear to have treasured
the cautious scholar,
without notes The forum. 50 The sus i Is in
sees in ~Hs eae e The ess
had committed ths lecture to memory. 81.
sstst OF police savsnts had sath
arose at 9 O'Clock. and reered nnxiously about
in the hallway md in odd hooks and corners
| spread his round and rudy countenance
a.. "Ther: are no reporters present guess
Capt Reilly nodded reassurinely.
go Ct G Shead; Oliver, ho sa.d and the Ser
S is we'll Known in the % tSat Ser.
eeant Tins Is a finished orator. but upon this
necSfiSe nS to have oadEns
ishsd up his gems Of thought and philosophy
crete and clear cut, The Sergeant spoke Tor
s hsHs . Tns
he wanted e. The orator called il "A Brief Dis.
iitica Economy but this title Was merely Hs Iva
blind to BAN boozle tho reporters. In two min
ntes after the Sergeant hegan to speak. every
talked Of lecture that had been prepared for
Inspector Stecrs's verdict.
more to digest It all. Then he quietly Informed
the sersepnnt that he was j4stly entitled 70
q TRe ees
lied some Of the merits OF the learned SER:
| tho charm OF tho SprpanOfa n orr
he saa e rs at H.
tor sarned tint the serseant could t I" quote
ef wta psss S ssss sasesnsSrs
ts r. e Ssl t5 6P a yq5I from
Schiller. Burns Byron. Cowp.r. and a host 81
nthor eminent, poets: that he was familiar with
Plato and bAIisto,s and knew many Of the
found t. n,he thoroughly at home with John
Stuart Mill and other economists. and Ind
acterst.os d the great men Of history :'' ''"'
made admirable iiI and happy unions: The Ser
and his advice TO his fellow men not to beware
OF Tidow,. nad ID been e. unpublished in EnSa
neglected e make himself completely iamiiinr
and besides this had laid up many admirable
Preccpts concerning mans bearing toward
| his race that. carried ont. were sure. the In.
sG;."t"r thn1Ght to make nlan con ~!
| md his country. All these attributes com
lined. the Inspector thought. to mark the
| winner Of the honor OF being tho first scholar
| Of tho department as u policeman OF rare
| parts and nm ornament to the force"
Sergeant Tins Is not yet So. He hns four
gold stripes to his uniform. and he likes to 10
! To church and hear good sermon.
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Lost $50 900 Becsnss Sullivan Would
Drink.