The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-15

Nearly every worker In leather has his
own k,nd OF instruments developed BY
the necessities Of his occupati on. 70
the uninitiated these implements look
more like those In q dentists tray than
anything else.
Rumor has 1t that Mr.. Roots retire
ment from the Cabinet VIII noe % ~.
lnyed very long after the adjournment
~ Congress, I'd that when he returns
tn New York he will be charged with
Tho arduoug political work Of develop
inr n Roosevelt boom In the Empire
State. Tho programme. 1t is said, Is
for Mr., Root and Mayor Low to COM
bine what forces they can muster In be-
half of the Presidents denomination
Their field OF operation Will not pc
among the politicians. with whom pom
are woefully weak, but In corporation
and financial circles to which tho poll
tioians are supposed to be more or less
auhservient. When the summer warns
m. the President himself Will take off
his coat and put In some strenuous
.licl,s'' from his home at Oyster Bay.
II Low falls Of reelection to the May
crafty. which is believed to be far more
than probable and Mr. HooseVelt Is
renominnted and reelected, the reward
~ the former head of Columbia Un1Ver-8
Sity EwOulQ COIle III AiAS 1890
FORM Of a seat In tho Cabinet or an Am.
bassadorship.
In order to supply tho enormous de-
mand for brass and bronze colonial door
knockers, several establishments IN this
CITY are busily engaged In manutacturlng
"an tior cs' It isI 80 easy to follow the
old-fashioncd lines that the counterfeit
in no way differs from the pattern save
In the material employed In this SIM
gle respect the front door knocKer OF
the Colonist surpasses that OF MS great
great grandson. The material now
most frequently put into knockers Is
not brass, but sort Of bronze which
has the color of brass. The most popu-
1or natterns are of the several styles
called Colonial Of which the handsomest
Is in the sugar bowl form. A graceful
form Of knocl<er OF comparatively recent
origin is an oval plate OF brass with
decided boss, and concealed spring
which brings the hammer into place
after the. stroke has been given. This
form is usually kept in stock by the
hardware dealers, 1T was new-fan-
p1ed thing when knockers gave way to
mil bells. Still another popular form
il a long, narrow variant OF the sugar
bowl form, but by no means so graceful.
Any OF these forms In real old brass cost
from S to 10.
Citizens MS a rule, regard tho police
MS protectors. the Influence which pre-
serves the peace and deters the footpad.
burglar and ruffian. What the rela-
tons OF any Particular policeman to a
saloon, gambling house or brothel may
be or of the force In general. citizens
take very little interest but as 10
their effectiveness in preserving condi-
tons insuring safety to life, limb and
property there Is no lukewnrnness. The
new Commissioner Francis Vinton
Greene is making great inroads into
the force as 1t Is constituted, The old
gang of police inspectors, captains and
serEeants who become rich on small
salary nre resignlng In hot haste or are
being pushed out. No doubt TINT the
wedding out system Is going grandly on;
hut at the Same time the brothel. tho
danceho,lse, the gambling house. tho
pool-room goes on MS of old; and as for
the streets they were never so infested
with thieves. thugs and hiEhwaymen.
Hundreds of men rejoice at the "clean-
Ing IN the department. When an In
spector ia forced out It means tho PRO-
motion OF ngcaptain to Inspector, of sol-
geant to captain; OF roundsman to SER
geant; or patrolman to ronndsman; and
before tho promotion Is made hundreds
in each grade hope that the lightning
may strike them, A lively interest fol-
lows every decapltation. It would
seem, however. that as each head falls
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