Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-14

crowd in Printing House Square dur
ing the past few days. A bit Of news
posted by the Journal was almost i'm
med,ately denied on the Tribune's
bulletin, to the delight Of the bulletin,
readers and the utter m~ystifcation
of those not up in the ways OF the
modern bulletin.
The Worlds bulletin boards cover
a great deal of space and are arranged
In two rows or galleries, the upper OF
which is the largest. Above the up
per bulletin is ar expanse Of board en-
closed In q frame studded with electric
lights, on which a clever chalk artist
draws pictures of wareships and bat
ties In unnatural colors. The display
of bunting and banners about the bull
letins is quite imposing.
The Journal adds to its expanse of
bulletin and its color sketches atheat.
rical naval battle in miniature, in
which little cruisers and large ships
bearing the stars and stripes meet and
vanquish the ships bearing the Span
ish colors. The mimic battles take
place in a space above the bulletin,
are backed by scenery representing a
bay on the Cuban coast, and are ac-
companied by brisk firing from revolt
vers behind, or, strictly speaking, un-
derneath the scenes.
The staid Tribune has q great bulle-
tin which overshadows completely the
guardian statue of Horace Greeley,
and an artist who does painstaking
and really artistic work with the col
ored chalks.
The new bulletins of the Times are
generally conceded to be the best in all
the Row. There are four large boards,
and each bulletin is numbered so that
the reader may distinguish the early
from the late dispatches.
l have often wondered why tramps
did not flourish more in the East and
why they all appeared to come West
to grow up with the country. Iran
across the following law to-day-I was
not tramping, either-which explains
the situation:
CLAWS DEFINITION OF A TRAMP"
"Every tramp, upon conviction as
such, shall be punished by imprison-
ment at hard labor in the nearest PEN
itentiary for not more than 6 months,
the expense during such imprisonment
not to exceed 80 cents a day per cap
ita, to be paid by the State.
GAN persons who rove about from
place to place begging and all Migrants
living without visible means of sup
port who stroll over the country with
out lawful occasion shall be held to be
tramps within the meaning of this
act.n
Such a law, l think, would work well
in Missouri.
A friend of mine from the South
who is here for the summer had to
send home for some thick clothes.
He did not even bring a vest with him
Speaking of the way to keep cool in
the south, he said:
ga man who wears a vest in summer
for the sake of appearance is as per-
feet a fool as the fashionable girl who
laces her corsets for a small waist til
she gasps. Negligee shirts cost nc
more than white ones, belts are al
| cheap as suspenders, low-cut shoes
are cheaper than high shoes and nc
vests cost nothing. Shed every need.
less ounce of raiment, battle often, lei
alcohol alone, eat sparingly and dom
lose your temper. Keep these com
mandments and summer will lose two.
| thirds of its terrors."
Down here he not only wanted hi
| vest, but an overcoat after the sur
| goes down and the ocean breez,
brushes in.
went fishing yesterday, but got &c
interested in the war news that I die
not catch more than a hundred, anG
that number is not enough to have
story on. You can't write fish stories
in competition with war stories; q
least, I can't. might do pretty vel
if I was at Key West. The climate
and location seem to make a differ
ence. Newspaper men of veracity
should keep away from Key West.
The atmosphere here is conducive
to truth telling and always was.
R. M. WHITE.