The National tribune., 1893-11-30

put on the tracks of the Brooklyn Bridge was
coming upon the bridge, drawn by "a horses.
OF sudden man appeared on the scene. and
stood around" When he first showed him
self at the bridge a big policeman, struck by
his remarkable tout ensemble. approached and
said, Here, what do you want around here? I"
WALL" said the man, a. guess you'd give a
darned good deal ter know, wouldn't yer?"
The policeman was about to "fan the perpe-
TRAITOR of this bit of repsrtee. who was only
saved by the prompt interference Of the car
penter OF the bridge. He explained that he
who in face, figure speech. and bearing was an
ideal Uncle Sam was 'Teepee" Dean an engi-
neer in the employ of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works. on hand in the interest of the firm to
see that the bridge got its locomotive all right
Not being pestered any longer, he whitfield
a stick and stood with his hands in his pockets
while watching the careful unloading Of his
charge.
There is man in Washington who signs his
name B Pickerman Mann. Some years ago
Mr.. Mann was member of the American Lii
brarian Association. At one time the associa-
abbreviating names SO as to decrease the work
of cataloging, which in large Libraries is enor-
nous. They adopted list of common names
OF persons which should be abbreviated by
using the first letter of the name followed by
colon. For the sake of consistency, and believ-
ing that the custom would be good one. they
adopted the fashion. The late Mr. Ben: Perley
Poore used this style long before the company
of learned Librarians approved it. The list
row in use is large one.
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Among the stories of ecccntrieities in mat
tiers of punctuation perhaps that of Timothy
Dixon is the best. In his day he wrote book
without punctuation marks but added few
pages at the eud of the volume with the note that
the reader might insert them where he pleased.
He was the same who conceived the idea
of shipping warming pans to the West Indies.
and made his fortune from the venture because
they happened to be just the things the natives
needed on the sugar plantations with which
to ladle the strip out of the watts.
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The statue of Gen. James Shields was placed
in position on the west side of Statuary Hall
of the Capitol the other day. The work is
gift of the State Of Illinois. By strange CO.
incidence the figure is in close proximity
only 10 feet away-to that of Abraham Lin
coln with whom Gen. Shields came very nigh
fighting duel-the only duel which Mr.. Lin
coin ever seriously considered. 1t seems strange
that the figures of these two Illinois leaders
that of Mr. Lincoln in marble and that of Gen.
Shields in bronze-should be so close together
The statue rests upon a stone pedestal on one
of the facings Of which are engraved the words,
Warrior, Jurist, and Statesman"
Washington has a model police court, at the
head of which is Judge who should have
counterpart in every-town in the country. No
enemies are punished because they are enemies,
and no friends who deserve punishment are
shown favor here. Judge Miller now on the
bench, has probably more horse sense than any
other Judge of his kind in the land His ap-
pOintment being for life, he is independent of
malicious outside influences and he may mcte
cut justice as he should. When he starts out
TO institute reform he carries it quickly and
thoroughly TO its maturity. He has put stop
to reckless shooting by policemen. He keeps
the work farm full Of negroes addicted to carry
ing razors. He has stopped the annoyance of
young men hanging around entrances to public
places smoking cigarets and ogling ladies' He
gives the limit of the law to persons carrying
! concealed weapons. He is fitted to preside over
higher court, and tue Gossip hopes that he
may yet do 50.
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The justice of the complaint which goes up
constantly sbout the inefiieiency of SO many
men on the Medical Examining Boards through
out the country, who presume to Judge the