The evening times., 1896-11-09
IN WAS Blue RIBBON DAY
Judge Kimta | Is Effect ", as
Tenp:fanse Advocate.
HIMSELF AS AN EXAMPLE
His Honor Ayers That He Has Kept
tie Pledge Ever Since He Signed
and Thinks Other Men Can Do the
Samc-M MicIae Ryan's Delayed
Election Jag.

Election Jag.
please take my personal bonds, judge,
and al sign tue 'pieusc 10 let whisny
alone for whole year, and guarantee 10
keep it, too" pleaded james Coughiin, as
he STOOD in Jne uock III i.o,icc codrl ana
faced j Judge kimplii on the c.ttrsc ID DcihS
a vagrant and an habtua DRUM ara.
James is a big muscular son VI Diu Erih'
but ne wun'C work 81 ionS a. lie can SeI
drop OF liquor.
me hasn't urawn sober breatn since 'ie
1st day oil OCTOBER, 10 my positi'e khoWt
eule. = lestiiicu LiicenIan i ~ Ii,alii. i
hated TO arrest him. for lie is capable OF earn
ing good wages. AT least twenty times
during the last month I've seen INN drunk
on the street; stone drunk, your honor
couldn't get nm home last SATURDAY night,
80 l had To bring him in
''Juugr. your .,.'r.or, i.''t Mt. Creagn says
is true, l guess. I've been drunk long
time, pretty regular, sir" said the prison.
er, his deep bass voice trembling and MS
sturdy frame shaking from his prolonged
debauch, but Just give me another irlal,
and see If l can't keep my Word
| How many times ave you been drunk
during The last I.on.r. asnru ms honor
HAD LOST COUNT.
$50 many times 1 coulun Tell you, Dut 1
can get work now If you take my bonds
and 1 take the pledge"
J-usc ..IlI.....i ~o-rt IL not Il temper
! ance reform society, but the object les
sons wEiuh are brv1gnt up eToie MS honor
every day, are more pLten, for good thth
promDitiUn leCjuie, and the results many
times far niote rrsrcn cnrus, and his nonor isone
who never fails To maze hclesson as impress
sivc as possible
IN, ahs tai m
from hquor by signing tie pledge That
u uu,. q, ~ .t Il.at. N,.-h,,lr. 49, aiSGed
the ccart
Yes. Judge interrupted Coughlin, but
| I've signed the pledge beioIc and always
! kept IT lur tie specIned time; once for three
months and / didn't drink for four"
always run over "A few weeks for grace
do you," said the judge. IF pledge is
| good for one day iI's good for lifetime.
| I've always kept mine. There's no reason
| why you should not do the same. III you
| take the pledge uf your own free will I'll
let ycU 60 on personal bonds this time
Michael Ryan uIew Ms nicdger salary a =
| a laborer Saturday night, aud immediately
started out to celebratethe reSLlt OF election.
| Hiscoucomi antwasa ECttie Ol Old Bourbon.
All during the trying days Of last week
when returns Were coming IN thick anu 1ast
and everybody else was shouting anu
| hurranlng Mike kept his peace and held
fast to his job
..Niver yez moind ne tonne will yet cum.
l. SaulerGay Y. n0ight1 II fond me as drunk as a
| lord" suIiioquiZed Michael, who was deer
! mined that little thing like Presidential
LANDSLIDE couldn't cause him to lose a day 's
| work.
HIS bottled-up enthusiasm OF whole
| week gave vent to itself when it was IN
corked and popped like champagne
! flask. Most everybody else had allowed
| their political hilarity to subside and settled
| down to business, SO Michael had to do his
! re loiCing alone
| ''Shure. yer honor, Ol'm guilty, but please
! be loight on me"
! Five dollars or fifteen days" said his
honor.
/ IT. was only because Policeman Mcdonald
| has a cautious eye and is good dodger that
/ he esca ped having Il scalp wound Saturday
! night Mary jackson was his assailant
She lives in EIacKuau's alley when She
has no money When she gets few pen
MES she takes up her residence in front If
| q saloon near Seventh and II streets.
MARY WAS AN AMAZON.
Here it was that she aggregated with
| several women of her class Saturday night
/ Officers Auldridge and Mcdonald tried Il
| disperse them, hut Mary would not go. Like
| the boy on the burning deck she stood firm
| when all bat her had fled. She defied arrss,
and when Mcdonald sought To capture her
| she threw the flask at him. 1t was empty ,oi
| cuurSe. or Mary never would have throwl II
| Mary loves her booze too dearly to cast II
away on policemen. 1t was fortunate FOL
! Mary that her aim was poor else she never
would have escaped the workhouse.
I. -''5 s,i-,- " t.,,.,-i. e. Tan" IlHh pnS-
,.,ral hondS dis cacr: | won't do it no mo-
Use got a sick chile and | don't wants To e
| to u. I:trIn- Eeeu utii't. Please. ledge.
fngH Ef,' int al i1 .h a. Is All
in de ,rork house. Amt dat awful"
His honor admitted that it was. but adj
| monished the mother that she would have
exhibited more maternal love for her off
| spring by remaining at home, than by con
| gregating on the corner and being dis
| orderly.
How about it. Mr.. Auldridge, shall
take her bonds this time?" asked the court
OF the officer.
Might try her, your honor responded
/ the officer.
Mary courtesied low and was profuse in
her thanks, and with a sigh of relief bade
the court bon-jour-and passed out.
COULDN'T TELL A IE.
4 Use got to die and go to Judgment;
| knows dat. and l won't tell no lies, caust
| dat's wuss'n cussin','' said julius Adams
charged by Charles Mitchell with using
very profane language in the lattcr's house
1 u Il Al
| dis mans house, and wus atalkin'
| knows | allus cusses when I'se driDkm'
| praise de Lawd. l amt to goin' to Ii,
| bout it,
"Thatn do. Five dollars fine put ir
| the court.
Judge X imball is determined that the alto
gether too frequent practice of throwing
broken glass in the street shall cease, i
| filming the miscreants will do any good
! Baresni Ma3Zeni, AN Italian fruit vender
| was before him this morning charged witt
the offense, committed ut Twentieth and
| streets.
Through an Interpreter the Dago pleaded
ignorance of the law, and asked to be let
off on his promise not to be found guilty
of the misdemeanor again.
This is serious offense," siad his
honor deliberately. we can't publish
our laws in ali the various languages and
circulate them among these fellows. Any
one with good sense ought to know better
| III is Injurious to horses and very mucl
SO to bicycle tires Our citizens pay hun
dreds of dollars every year as result o
| people throwing glass in the street. 1t ha
got to be stopped l wish l had every of
fender before me / would fine them SIS ii
each case As this man is ignorant, I'll lie
him go with 50 penalty: but he can't g
entirely unpunished. Hereafter l shal
impose fine of So
John Webster was very thirsty Saturday