Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-11-01

| Open thou the visioned portal
 That reveals the life sublime,
 mat within the land immortal
 Watts the weary child of Time.
 Open thou the land of beauty.
 Where the Ideal is no dream,
 And the child of patient Duty
 Walks in joys unclouded bearm-
 Thou, with brow that owns nc soz1ugSx
 With the eye that may not wa5xg.
 Point him to Heavens coming mezgaOSvi,
 snow him it is well to seepl
 The Taxameter snccesa
 The statement is confidently ExaaNs that the taxameter, or cab-fares 1mlEd~ cator. will quickly be introdaaaei4 lia1 all the civilized cities of the wuEiGA- xS appears that in both Berlin an3 &5szA- don, where the taxameter has, assExs adopted, it has been as popular w1ea3s the "cabby' as with the fare" IsEa reason of this surprising fact As s2z9s this system of automatic fare As2Sassa.- 1 tion effectively and permanentGE n2- t ereases the number of fares a92as l persons object to ride in caba gas4ssszgs'i4s of the possibility of an alterssasz3gszs. with the driver as to the aTnoUHfa fG. the fare when the trip is ended AL that is put at an end by the tzaaa47saaa,- ter, which shows, in plain, sigfl6s- .Bass distance traversed and the fare aeo Raes paid Consequently more persouNs xgyEa. riding in cabs today than eye4T 1Ea3sss before, and the increase in the n2w2ssss- of fares is looked upon as pern1aasszsI The taxameter also enables the gK0s- prietor to control and check tiaez 1sl&Ss9 receipts and efficiency of the gsSaazSsa' or the distance covered by it- HaNw= over. since the apparatus eA8sH29Seass the fare on the basis of the. diakaysuses. covered, the driver earns his wgEags' quicker according to the rate si T8aTf1sta he drives, system equally prcgasaFTes and agreeable 10 both passengeg SSnaa driver. It is said that the cab WrHp- prietor who has once introdlrsSsfa Iaesa fare indicator can and may ncs EeRsysr conduct his business without SH 1rR Berlin, where the taxameter fntrwcamr ton at first was strongly oposs2 Rxy masters and men, $500 of the gM1yaas $500 frst-class cabs are now 9Iztasg with tEem. The cab proprietors sa6xs S1.25 month foy each instruuaaRaa
 Puzzler for the NegrO7.
 Edward Murphy, Jr. formerly NniSeET States senator, was telling a maSa1asE1s of friends In the Hoffman u ssSzgy, about colored yagrant who, IEmEa hs Troy. This happy-go-luckY son sar gsasa- b Fot ito !, his only virtue is his kindness. t.ns aEsxa wife She was taken ill some a1znaxs ago, and while the "daTky's &szs5 xHs money to pay for physician hss Hxxs suaded local doctor to yisit hasa nasEa and prescribe for her. He suce assssarSa in getting the medicine from aa. sSaxsl- pensary all right, but one thing, sxssse- cred him. The doctor told him Ees TYH,ss s:. make his wife some chicken bratas xERssg feed her certain amount every IFsg sssAl minutes. Trouble is, doc, s3gga sl1xy colored man, T amt got no RszsEsxazA 10 make the broth and feed her ,ys.aAs, doctor said shortly: "Feed ifer -eagzzzr- self, you lazy fellow. You have HapErxx done stroke of work in your fife. rrassz you haven't anything else to dg. sysxs, "darky" scratched his grizzlel EassEs k a puzzled way, and said slowly ..Yzsr sah. Yas, sah Oats right Baa nS( has to feed Aer ebery fifteen nzinzS.sss how am I going to get de cnvsrzms. Oats what l don't enow."--NewS gssssx; Tribune .-4~..
 Society of Game Thieves.
 Friedland boasts the most sfugxizssz mutual protective society in the ssvu-- ized world In Assen recently s 1nkgs-., was organized by seventeen aszxn,g poachers. comprehensive ser oa gxzsas being adopted. None but a reecgxa1 1ua t:1 game thief is eligible tosrnen1Espsxssfsss The convention decided that irs sgsss 1sa-. ture the members of the uniorn zsaSSa sell only 10 regular game dealass- aaazz. then only at current market HFzszss The dealers will be required tos,Nfses- tribute certain am0umt of nasaasyr each year to the unions treasury swEsa l principal object of the union fss sgg 4xzzra- port the families of such poaenezzz sxa=s may be arrested and sent to prisuxv. l.as4 cast-iron resolution forhids alH lzagcz bers from killing game in bte eszassssz seasons. the argument being ttfaz szfsas game laws must be enforced Eas1s Netherlands code provides a fna G1 EEsg 1 horins and term of imprisonmeze &aaz killing game out of season.