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dlction. On leaving the hospital Dean
promptly divorced his wife and started
down the Connecticut valley working his
population for pair of artificial legs
Eventually he reached New York still
minus the legs, but with plenty of cash. and
scored record as most persistent beg
gar. Later he appeared as applicant in two
more divorce suits. The police no longer
keep track of the number of artificial legs
for which he has collected funds but they
necticut farm. probably paid for by a credu-
lous public, and in New York she runs a
good-slzed rooming house for her son.
Women Misers.
The old women who huddle In doorways
or on curbings at night can generally be
classed with misers. They have seen their
sixty winters and properly belong in the
almshouse, but they prefer to herd four or
five IN two-room fiat. kept by one of their
number. Sugar Bowl is a somewhat
noted character of this kind, and has five
or six old women in her box-like apartment
every night. They pay 10 or Is cents for
the privilege OF sleeping on her floors and
their diet consists of tea, stale bread or
crackers and whisky, each jealousy guard
ing her commissary department When
these old hays die, money Is unearthed In
some strange hiding place or bank book
comes to light. Immediately the legacy is
claimed and spent by dlssolute younger
relatives
In the vernacular Of the police. the writ
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intervals of some years. In every case the
result has been more favorable the second
uiine than the first. IL was twice submit
-. ~ IN Coioraco before passing. In Kansas
me proposition for full suffrage was de-
teated the first time. receiving only q 100
votes the second time. although defeated
II received 95.Sp votes. In Washington. I'm
lSS9. the adverse majority was ~ sSi. in
1888 1t dropped TO 8 SO In south Dolo.,
IN lssAb the amendment was defeated By a
majority OF 2S.6l0: Il dropped to 2 2S5 when
gain submitted in lS:S. In Oregon the
vote on the suffrage amendment in 1884 de-
Gated II by nearly 1880. In 1909 a was
Created by about = go votes. The vote hv
ounties In Oregon showed that In 1881
wen the ame ndment was first submitted.
MY one OF the thirty-three counties gave
majority for suffrage. In 1900 twenty
me counties gave ma iOrity for IT, anoih,r
county was tie. another was carried
gainst II by one vote only and another by
hree votes
Favored by President Roosevelt
This year the womsn suffraglsts have an
dVocate at court in the person Of Presi-
lent Roosevelt. He voted for woman SUI
irage in the New York legislature. and rec
'mmended it in his inaugural message after
ne became governor. lie believes that wo-
ren shoHl' NN's nv II Questions
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait Will show in her
annual address IA ., tha sl.f-ra-t st Min. Mt
a plant Of steady growth. and that Il has
never SNoEitu growing Tor a single nil
ute. In all European countries EXCEPT
Greece Spain, Portugal Holland and some
German provinces. women have some form
Of suffrage. Even Asia has responded 20
the appeal, and women possess limited suf-
irage IN All Russiln provinces and I'm the
English colonies Of In1l7. In England, Ire
land, Scotland and Wales women vote frr
AL officers except members Of parliament,
ana in South and West Australia New Zsa-
lRnd and the Isle OF Man women vote on
equal terms with men.
In England the limited suffrage eniovcd
may soon be extended. The first petition
Tor woman suffrage presented to parIia-
ment in 1865 was signed by only 4rg wo-
men. The petition of 1873 was signed NV
HOOD women. The petition presented 10
the members of the last parlia ment was
signed by 30 opo women
The officers of the National American
Suffrage Association which opens It's thfr-
ty-fourth annual convention Wednesday
February H. at the First Presbyterian
Church are IS follows: Carrie Chapman
Gait. president: Rev. Annie Howard Shaw.
vice president-at-large: corresponding sec
Rotary. Kate NJ Gordon: recording secre-
tary, Alice Stone Blackwell: treasurer. IIar-
riet Taylor Upton: honorary presidents
Elizabeth Cady Stanton ana Susan b. An
thony: auditors. Laura Clay and Or. Cora
Smith Eaton
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WHEN THE DAYS WORK IS OVER.

coat and derby hat. and without a collar,
he lays for them in the heart of some fac
tory district. If he plays well the role of
disabled workingman he secures between
u and o clock not less than S1.50 while on
pay days the amount runs to $4
Every possible scheme is employed to eX-
agSerate deformities and excite pity. When
the amputation has been made below the
knee and the man could walk easily with
cTutches, he straps a long shoe, forti-
fled with sole leather and la ced in the back.
Squatting on this gives him a horrible APP
pearance and height of four feet or less.
Thrusting the arm through the lower cross
bar of his crutch also lowers a man to a
distressing position. Blind men augment
their defornity by constantly rolling the
eyes, which in time become bloodshot.
The oid-time methods of cruelty such as
bandaging an arm to one side and showing
an empty sleeve, or using soap and acids
10 cause horrible sores on the face, hand
or arm, have disappeared. The art of men
ulcancy IS advancing. Nor is the life as
trying as the credulOus might think The
profe ssional seldom works during Indictment
weather. and though he may crouch on the
damp ground for hours. he uses an anti
dOte IN the form of liberal potations of
rum.
Never Loses Profession.
once panhandler, always a panhandler,
seems to be the rule Among the notorious
beggars of the metropolis are an old Jew
and his wife who hate been placed in char
liable institutions time and again by
friends. He is blind and the wife. feigns the
same affiiction. On the night of the late
President Mchinleys funeral they were ar
rested. and & few days later Jointly mt
up S291 to go free on a legal technicalitv.
AT ISSht the panhandler returns to his
ICuSmg house TO SQuander the accumula-
tion OF ooppers, nicllels and dimes. One of
the most notorious lodging houses for this
G,asS OF men Is located on Eldridge street.
The lounSlng room is reached through a
dark eVil-smelling passageway, connecting
The front and rear houses. The room is wei
hghted and in winter warmed by a red-hot
stove The panhandlers gather around the
70, gil table for caro- playing and a young
girl or boy is kept busy rushing the cam
TO the nearest saloon. In the corner of the
room are tossed the artific al legs the strap-
ped boots, the crutches and even eye-shades
used to touch the hearts and incidentally
the purses of thoughtless hurrying pub
lie during the day.
Occasionally the police run across pam
handlers known clone wolves''-that is
they do not mix with others of their class
A notable case Is that of a man named
Dean, who years ago lost both of his legs
while working the New Haven road.
The company cared for him until his re-
"nVfry and paid him literally for his af-
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A POlynesian Protest.
I'LL Polynesian Gazette.

From the FIJI Polynesian Gazette
suva correspondent informs US that
one evening he went to see the cinemato-
graph, and was astonished to see a body
OF six armed natives march up the alley
and form in line, remaining thus until the
end OF the performance. On inquiry he
was informed that this was a vice regal
guard" his excellency the administrator
being present. Surely this is redundant.
His majesty King Edward VII does not
presume to line up the alley way Of Lon
don theater when he honors 1t with visit
and the state of the colony is not such that
his excellency requires to be safeguarded
armed Fijian policemen.
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erS of begging letters are about the slickeSt
article in the metropolis. This is art in
itself. Sometimes the writer assumes the
name of the person addressed as an excuse
for the epistle Often he claims to have
worked for the prospective beneficiary, or
if the latter is church worker the beggar
has once been in his Bible class. The top cs
discussed in the letter are carefully Sc
lected. One woman wrote to a matron on
the occasion Of a christening and ming ed
with congratulations on the heirs birth and
prospects was a tale of woe that could not
fail to touch a happy mother as she thought
of little children born not only without the
golden spoon, but also without spoon at
all.
An Unusual! Case.
\ peculiar case reported to the charity
organization is that of a young girl who
poses as a working woman out of a posi-
ton. She approaches women clerks leav-
ing the stores on 9th avenue, and appeals
for help, setting forth desperate condi-
lions and her horror OF appealing for
aid to any save members of her own sex.
philanthropic woman followed her enc
day to the establishment of New York s
most fashionable confectioner. where she
complacently ordered ice cream soda and
finally purchased some high-priced bon
bons. After she left the store, the self-ap-
pointed detective learned that she was a
regular customer, the attendants wonder
indulge in such expensive luXuries.
Against such professional mendicancy as
this the Charity Organization Society is
directing it's efforts. Its special officer,
James Forbes co-operates with the police
department, particularly with the vagrancy
squad. He first attempted to place these
unfortunates-for the average pan-handler
is to an extent untitled for earning his liv-
ing-in state charitable institutions, and
during the past summer few arrests were
made But with the approach of the holi-
day season the pan-handers drift back to
their old stands and became as persistent
as they were numerous, SO that one day
early in December Mr. Forbes had nine
teen committed for six months. Then fol
lowed a general exodus of pan handlers
from Manhattan. and many good stand
is now vacant for the first time in years
Farm Needed.
movement is now on to establish an
institution which shall strike a mean be-
tween the penal institution and the depend
ent institution like the almshouse 1t will
probably take the form of a farm, to which
the pam chandler will be committed-not in
vited. The commitment will practically
amount to the indeterminate sentence An
effort will be made to treat the inmates Of
the institution as individuals, giving out
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"stuMug n Cold"

From the london Family Doctor.
The man who originated the oft-qUoted
maxim, stuff a cold and starve a fever"
either did not understand what he was talk
ing about or he has been widely misunder-
stood. TO the great injury Of mutitudes who
have acted upon the abused maxim. Pre-
Stunning that the author Of it was phys-
clan who knew something OF the nature of
colds and the action of remedies. he must
have spoken subiunctively and not impera-
lively and then it wouid read thus: IF you
stuff n cold the consequence will be that
you will he thrown into a fever as result
of the StufFnG treatment Of the cold. and
then you Will have to StarVe the fever
This is true and sensible Interpretation
Of the commonly received maxim. which
has done as much harm as any Of the thou
sand and one popular errors which prevail
on medical subjects. Without dwelling
the nature or causes OF colds or on what
physicians call the pathology of these dis
orders, VIII say that low or even starva-
ton diet for a few days with the free
drinking Of warm. mildly stimulating teas.
is better for cold than any drug or combi-
nation of drugs.
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work within their limitations. such as chair
Gaming for the blind. When men, untitled
LOT heaVy work, show themselves worthy
of trust, positions will be secured for them
as railroad fagmen, gatemen and SWITCH
men OF Watchmen. But reformation must
hrst come under a discipline humane vet
STRICT. Cn the farm every man will be
given chance to work out his own saliva
ton In decent surroundings and pure air.
with decent food But If he refuses to
avall himself of these opportunities, he can
NOT orlit PACK to the city without once
more running against his arch-enemy. the
special officer. and a trip to the island.
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Leo ing EorNNn cd.

From the ETCCklyn Eagle.
is he afraid Of automobiles" the elderly
lady asked the livcrynan who had the only
horse that could be found in town, FOR it
WAS the year 1916.
Not a Bit" responded the liveryman. re-
assuring!y. The only thing that might
make him shy little would be to suddenly
come upon some vehicle being drawn by a
horse, but that isn't at all likely"
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From Christianity to Plagiarism.
From the Smyrna Amatheia.

ffUM tne fna Amdthe1a.
An aged Athenian professor. now living
in retirement in q pension. has become a
convert from Christianity to the religion
OF his classic ancestors He has trans
formed room into a temple. has set up
two statues Of Juno and Mercury, before
which he sings and prays. and has erected
an altar on which he now and then offers
up sacrifices. He is now under medical
treatment for mental arrangement. to
which his relatives attribute his spiritual
vagaries.
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barred From Clinics of Women.

FOn the MIINaIlkoc SCTitlnrl.
Owing to cor plants regarding the ex-
posture Of w3",sn patients at surgical and
bedside clinics for medical students at the
county hospital these demonstrations have
been practically suppressed at that instiu-
ton. The order putting a stop to clinics
there went into eff-ct January 1 by dirCc-
ton OF d. =. L. G-osskopf. suDeriuterG mt
of The institution. lirics on women are
now absolutely prohibited and students
may witness no one atoms upon female pa
tients whore exposure is necessary.
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That the sentiment is growing in the
United States is shown by the statistics of
voting for and against the proposition to
grant full suffrage. There are five states
in which the woman suffrage amendment
has been twice submitted to the voters at
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This One Asks for Car Fare.


This little old woman has a refined coun-
tenaDce and an appealing grandmotherly
look about her. She dresses in plain, neat
black, and wears a comfortable looking
coat and a suitable black bonnet She
probably doesn't drink, for there is no sign
of it either in her appearance or manner
Her game is to tackle shopping women for
fare She sidles up to them, and in a
low, pleasant, well-modulated voice. and
employing deftly-chosen words, she tells
them that she has lost her pocketbook and
that she wants to ride up to her daughters
III Harlem. She doesn't ask outright for
the car fare, and her manner becomes OBJ
viously embarrassed as she tells her little
story. She scarcely ever fails to get the
money. Most of her collections are nckels
but she often braces sympathetic women
who have nothing smaller than Quarters or
half dollars in the change purses. These
she reluctantly accepts, always insisting
upon the name and address of the alnoner
as, in fact, she does even when she receives
only a nickel. This Industrious little old
woman has stuck so persistently to the
9th avenue corners named that she has
tackled women who do their shopping in
the neighborhood of these corners time and
again. When reproved by these women
she walks away without word either Of
defense or apology.
York there are well-appointed institutions
for the care of every class of crippled or
otherwise afflicted persons who lack the
means to care for themselves privately the
streets Of the city are cluttered with hun
dreds of inconceivably loathsome beggars
who deliberately render themselves even
more loathsome by various devices for the
purpose OF enlisting the sympathy Of pc
destrians This is one of the evils that the
reform administration was going to cor
rect, but like several other evils that
were going to be wiped out on or about
January 1, 1902. it still abides, with no
sign Of passing. c. L. 8.
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AA AhotncF C0u Down.
y short time before that another English
woman OF the unfettered, emancipated type,
VINO several years ago wrote a novel that
created an immense sensation throughout
the Notwithstanding world. arrived in New
YORK. She, too, came here to embark on a
occurring tour. This pen woman had
troubles OF her own in her early life. and
IN her novels she does some plain expound-
ing OF her views on the subject of matri-
mony' out she doesn't express these views
IN her conversation for public review. Her
lecture managers press agent, however. in
tervieWed himself quite deliberately with
respect to her opinions on the sacrament
OF marriage, and the result, as exhibited in
cold type, was something astonishing 1t
was reading of 'leetle bit too powerful
character even for this community, and the
newspaper that handled the matter was
severely taken to task by hundreds of its
readers for printing such stuff The woman
novelist was so furious when she read the
press agents yarn that she was i'll for a
week. and the Reputation that she wrote
to the newspaper that had permitted itself
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J. W. BAILEY At CORPUS
Ead a. immense Aadieace from Al
The Surrounding Country.
dARNtRs cAGsf Was aElTLY HELPED
Marry Ls5iea ~ the Crowd sotr At Cor
psa Christ and II Ri-e IN ti1s
AftCrnccn.

Corpus ChrlstL Texas. November Sen
a'or . ~ Bailey arrived here srsa airhs
anG was given pig reception, hpiag mat
Ny a delegltiou - ,iamocrars headea sF a
praas hand and escnrtsd % lhe ST. Tamas
hdfei waers he sal gpetsd B7 ar9s
crowd
tais n0rniur senar0r Bailey vfch a dsle-
Fiton % eft1Aua ADD a 1rs1s 5aud. reas
Hlf 60 Alice ga she frain The senator was
-treA alarneF aFHtidu 1hrra aud at So
CLOCK 81 aadrasael a arxs crowd 10 tls
lI,rfese - tfarner aud democracy.
hle RurtF lecgrnisd lers rlla evening snH
tec bairY afldrsaaefi che rfCzang iara
99uAThf or MarEer allr whb.h ldrus aHm
eef "a Ialslies were busy dennrA1nx al even
!a& Eh's Stage - bvair.satg dsrciasad wt-l
~ = Ialaisr Btars. acntur et-. and over
- sCl4s iu lefters rltwtge1 .u 4-argrHens
are the woods W -eame uHrlagltsnsd
SOY % tie sannr Gourh
dfnator Bailey MAS net m The fsp0c r--
h4h6 ~ large crowd and heaGsd BIZ
.ftau band auli eac -rsil taCt ta tins Sci
= 4lAear here ~ smuled 1nuF che sueax
nag tie aad az iu1alnse llalsnre ASSEM-
isf rr0M aii the sugr 1ulinr trnnfry. anf
vas gwen Glove attaafi31 aud uhstt az
g.auge.
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HOPES or Mr.. suRow
Are Not Wen Feund.s 40 - ,,,
Hardly Csrry a C7f,-.,, NH

Are Net Wen Founs.5 - ~. .r.,
Hardly Garry a County. '''
SolaHous. Texas. November i-Eo, .
= sutoW' republican candidate 10 80.
sfeAs from the NlDth district Va 80
essea around town yesterday by A.
slAsSeh- BE vas asked 10 STAY r,,,T
70 meet bis opponent, Hon c..
49, N debate. but be stated he dss
no' care Tor debates. but was mora ~
- action He claims to be cs,+.,, :.
e1Ii!Ag his home county iDa V,,,,
cause q personal frteadships ri,b ~ -
~" auEens- II De Witt eoupfv ,,I,a,--
80 precedent set ~ Colombo ro,,,-
80 'as' confessional election. his sons,
lo' wen founded. Hon wslte- 49,
- Ssisesion was raised 10 colorsd, ....-
frienJs - heet Of most inanentiNf
faifhS,it, NAo would stand ~ 49,
Tor rim ,.--I ., ,helr help vac neress,rv
fesiI,,A ss 10 thWarilng his ssnirsttc,A, s.sat
~. 80 years ago when ~ rrre,l-, 80
- Wy r.,4 o hls rearing n ths - J. ivls
-, VIZ eouuty Do not LEI ner.,,.tsts w Or
80 ti.itelitte WITH their coiivfetf. ltseia-
hsre- pts. fnf their cauntr- ~
vote aftrr eAe new caicliiatiou - -.
i ~, .s ne election ana ~ ,-ti,Ni w
FiN di7ccysr ptsr difference he
,',,r,1 'ao county has been ,.-,,,.,,.
sEn s " wer until tuo $780,.
49, Nst mat time white $780, ifah 4
s6-.,. Il INTO the ccrnrr sns 49,, As, ]
esss isssias AZ. r.ss.fi sss Degrees hs 10 4
Nasal u AAaA SAlSg sasii 4, sss .' 70 AZ
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SECRETARY MOODY SPEAKS.
He Praises the adn,inistr..to, - e.,
welt Ns-,l Li-LE

ne Praises the adninistrauo, Of soo,.
vet Very Highly.
1lo1eesier, Nass-, November Twins,
d. Moody, secretary OF The raw vas 4.
principal speaker at the meeting ss-s \
Alsht Ar. Nooty SAID taat ne ,ens.,T
q modern times was towar,s -eor,sir,r,'
and consolidation. IN his opinion n, 4
SANITATION o. both labor and e.n,tsI n
come TO stay and those who are Sg,l,r
either are nghting the people N N. 1,r-.
he said The nation has no su,n,-,tv I,
deal vita combinations wb,cb 80 -,
N manufacture or producrien \
is only authority is derived r-o-, ~,
s.o.Islon IN the constitution v-ni.S -,~r
s..sfsss provision 70 Regulate co-,, 49,.
ersl States among aa ser
~ Under the administration a, rs.oo,,.
stett tnere Will nor be ore a. ~
80 Poes and the weak ana another for ~,
80 Aua strong. II there h snvr5tn- \,
80 arm which Affords shelter nnfs- ws,e
- poly becomes possible thea riIt \.
~. 11 =, IN seeing and dee,ariag n
80 Il VII not punish The lnnecent fa- ~
80. q Furnishing a few cuiltv o. hrirs
- npon prosperous industrfas ~ a. ~
protection. pflnGpie q
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eonzales' rsIas. November la notable
a',-ao',fatie rally vss held here TO-DAY. ne
faithful were present from Tar ans nssr
ana tae greatest enthusiasm prevailed. NJ
". II. AtEinsaa, Mr. ". ". Glass ana
olaefs made speeches on behalf AZ ~
county ticket and the voters wera pr-.t
% 40 tneit Utmost for Hou. George IN.
go ~ GSsst -, casdidate for congress
80 Ine slnth district Excellent rsnsf-
a. provided AID the peopie accisir,sg
nlI cess as their favorfte II Il cor---Is,t
his opponent 'S'0sg over