Evening journal., 1898-03-16
JUR1sT AND JOURNALIST.

Judge Grubb is just home from
abroad. His trip was an extensive one
and he saw many unusual things Be
ing an interesting talker, even on COM
monpsace subjects, his many friends
have been oily too eager to hear him
describe the things he saw and the inn
pressions produced upon his compre-
hensive mind by a tour extending from
wilmington to Bombay India, by way
of the Mediterranean and the Suez ca
mad.
Every friend. and he has a host of
them, wants him to tell his story, and
most Of them find him quite obliging
Recently, theWayfa stold,he Wasre-
citing mis- experiences to some friends,
when one of them, quite wag, by the
way interrupted the current Of conVer-
sation by asking;
"By the way, judge, how much did
you win at Monte Carlo?"
Now. Judge Grubb is all right If he is
treated an right, but the person who
attempts to rub him the wrong way
usually discovers his mistake before he
is half through with the operation.
What makes you ask such a ques-
tion as that?" he demanded.
Nothing, only l saw in the paper
that you-" continued the wag.
THAT I what" he demanded,
Strengthening himself up and ready to
fight in an instant.
THAT you were at Monte Carlo for
short time" continued the wag, "and
/ wondered how in the world you could
Withstand the allurements OF the
placer"
ION. that's different" said the judge,
recovering his cOmplacency. "Y0,
was there and It is a most wonderful
place"
He then proceeded 10 describe it, but
the words would never have been ut
tered II he had been informed by the
wag that a newspaper had intimated or
declared THAT, while there, he had
fallen prey to- the Establishments of
NJ Blanc's establishment. He would
have begun an Industrious search for
the man who wrote the offensive arti-
Gle.
PULL AT THE PURSE STRINGS.
There is a prevailing impression
that a public officials life is a bed of
roses and greenbacks," remarked a
high city official to the Wayfarer this
morning. If the people only knew it,
the roses are full of thorns and the
greenbacks are supposed to be at the
disposal of every impecuniOus political
friend. / give away from $3.50 to SO
day, and sometimes it runs up as
high as s.. In fact, all things consid-
cred, expend from $500 to 5000 a year
in gratuities to persons whom / cannot
afford to offend.
"Everytime there is a real or bogus
rattle, a moonlight, a ball, a club lun-
oh I,f fpr ,r h,f Ia .oTp
constituted committee comes around
and politely requests the purchase of
FIVE bf' six tickets. The members of
that committee know that l will not
use the tickets, but that makes no diff
ference. They are after the money,
and some of them seem to think it a
hardship If / take the tickets after |
have paid for them. There is no end
TO the pulls which are made on a poll
tician's purse. He is lucky in the first
place, If he has a salary from which to
pay these demands, and in the second
place he Is indeed fortunate if he serves
his term with the personal use of one
half the salary he receives The men,
dacious abuse is one Of the character
istics of American politics"
EXTRAORDINARY PRECAUTIONS
NO remarked a real estate man to
the Wayfarer, Il ann not afraid OF war
but ! understand that one OF my com
petitors in the real estate business has
ordered several hundred tons Of armol
plate from the Carnegie people to lay
on the roofs and exposed sides of th1
houses he owns. The rest Of us d1
not think the situation so grave as tc
necessitate such extraordinary precau
tionsn