Arizona republican., 1898-06-16
THIS BUSY WORLD.


 Ex-Governor Peck tells a story about his visit to Green Bay, Wis. He had been asked to speak at Good Temp lars affair there. When I stood up," MT. Peck tells, T looked about for some water. A mug had been placed beside me, and how it could have hap pened at temperance convention I do not know, but it was a beer mug filled with water. We'll, it was warm day, and where there is convention food spread out on a warm day there are likely to be flies There were flies, and one had lighted trustingly on the surface of the water in that mug. I saw him as I lifted it, and I did the most natural and humane thing that I could think of-blew him off the wa ter. We'll, they cheered for five min utes. And to this day I suppose you can't persuade Green Bay man that anybody from Milwaukee can drink convention, without first blowing off the foam"
 James M. Smith, prominent lawyer |of New York city fifty years ago, and for quarter of a century thereafter, has died at Manhattan boarding house, somewhere near 90 years old though nobody could ever get him to say what his age was. He had the record in his prime for trying more cases than any other lawyer at the bar. One of his early famous cases was the trial of B. z. c. Judson (Ned Buntline) the leader of the partisans of Forrest and Americanism against Macready in the Astor place riots in 184S. Judge Smith was a Tammany man in his early career, but left the hall in the Mozart hall secession. He married we'll and happily, and had eleven children, but all these have died and his wife was killed in runaway accident two years ago, and the old man died alone.
 The new electric motors with which the Brooklyn elevated railway has just been equipped represent an entirely new prnciple and have all the latest improvements. One feature of the mo- tors is that they use 92 per cent of the power sent in to them, while hereto fore electric motors have only been able to bring to bear on the wheels as driving force from. 80 to 85 per cent t.. motor is of 100 horse power and can run for an hour without injury with 200 horse power. Four motors will be attached to each elctric car and can be
 run so that one can pull a four-car tram at the maximum speed of forty miles per hour.
 Heart trouble continues to be the cause of the largest number of rejec- tions from army service, and it is the testimony of those who ought to know that this trouble comes frequently from over indulgence in athletics as from any other cause. Colonel Smart, assistant surgeon general of the United States army, said recently that in times Of peace of the men who attempt to enlist in the army fully 50 per cent are unable to pass the physical exami- nation, and while the percentage is somewhat smaller now it is so to the detriment of the service.
 Thomas N Rocker, who died in New York recently, set some of the type for the first issue of the Tribune on April 10, 1S41, and was for thirty three years foreman of the composing room. After his retirement from the | l signed place in the business office and became secretary Of the Tribune
 association. He was the faithful and
 loyal friend of Horace Greeley, and enjoyed close and intimate personal as
 well as business relations with the
 great editor up to the time of the lat ter's death.
 I MT. Gladstone was once the victim
 of a reporters curious error, either in
 reporting or telegraphing, which was that where in celebrated speech he
 declared, we have burned our boats and destroyed our bridges" he must have been mortified to read. 'We have | burned our boots and destroyed our brooches" The noted phrase, "Time is on our side," was rendered in one lrepCrt as "Tim is on our side"
 Another Gladstone anecdote serves to illustrate Mrs. Gladstone's devotion 1 to her husband. When a bishop once spoke hopefully of "One above" as a | final help against the dangers of the time, Mrs. Gladstone calmly replied
 that MT. Gladstone was at that mo- ment washing his hands upstairs, but | would be down presently
 Thomas Byrnes, ex-superintendent l of New York police, is out of the de-
 tective business. Soon after retiring from the force he started a private de- tective bureau. It was believed he
 would win great success in the new venture. Such has not proved to be
 the case, and his friends say that he
 has quit sleuthing for keeps.