Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-10-29
NEW YORK GOSSIP
WEEKLY RESUME OF
MEN AND EVENTS

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NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-There are two
democrats whose influence is active
and effective i'll accelerating the cam
paign for Parker and Davis, and yet.
they are seldom seen by the very-day
visitors to the National Democratic
headquarters in this city. These men
are Senator Arthur p. German of
Maryland and ex-Secretary off War,
Daniel S. Lamont. Each has assured
candidate Parker of his belief that the
chances of democratic success in the
nation at the approaching election are
fair and each is working in his own
way to bring about such success. Cor
man and Lamont appreciate each
others political qualities. and to that
extent they are friends. Lamont knows
perhaps better than any other man
how much German did toward bring
ing about Cleveland's election to the
presidency in 1884. and Senator Cor
man. knows just how much Cleveland
and the democratic party owe to La
mont's tact and intuitive knowledge of
human nature.
While Senator German keeps aloof
from the hurry burly of democratic
headquarters. he, together with ex-
Secretary Lamont, is a member of the
inner council upon which the National
Committee relies for it's most efficient
aid in the matter of ways and means.
These two successful handlers Of men
are exceedingly close to August Bel
efforts that the democratic national
campaign chest is far from being
empty 1t is a fact that German and
Lamont are regarded as the principal
money getters-next to Belmont-in
the national democratic councils. SEN
ator German is influential in certain
financial quarters. and Colonel Lamont
is influential in other quarters. Between
the two they can reach pretty nearly all
the sources of monetary supply for
democratic campaign purposes.
A man we'll advanced in years is al
most daily visitor to Central Park.
He is generally accompanied by a
young woman. Some of the Park en-
ployees who observed the two thought
they were father and daughter. After
awhile 1t was noticed that different
young woman appeared with the man
about every two weeks. 1t was not
many daughters. A person of an in
quisitive turn Of mind constituted him.
self an Investigator This is VIII, t he
learned:
The old man is a person of means
and he pays SO cents an hour for the
society OF any young woman of educa-
tion who is willing to accompany him
on his rambles through the Park with
bright conversation on any topic, but
love. AS they pass about six hours
a day in the Park the girl earns So a
| day just by talking. The different OBJ
jects in the park evidently supply the
different themes of discourse. Why the
hiuh tuoH6CS Ills CSCOTt every lWC
weeks remains mystery. Perhaps 9
young woman talks herself out In tina,
| time. Maybe he thinks it best to take
no chances.
| Frank Taylor an aged resident OF
Brooklyn, who declares that he has
been cured of dyspepsia by eating
nothing but grass, has bought a farm
In New Hampshire, which he will lay
out In grass and clover so that he car
have an inexhaustible supply to draw
| from. He now gets his dairy supply
from Sunset Park, where it is gathered
by his daughter. The young woman
makes daily trips to the park and
piucks the grass, bring ing 1t home in a
paper bag. Her father eats it with
great relish. His palate has now be-
come so accustomed to the juice of the
grass that nothing attempts him any
more, and he considers that he has
taken new lease on life He has been
made an offer of 800 week to lecture
in museum. but it has been declined
as. he says. he desires no notoriety.
New Workers. justly pride themselves
on the completeness of their telegraph
and telephone service in these days. All
the same there was a very efficient
means of communication between the
early Dutch settlers before the We II
100. It might be called the first wire-
less system used in America, though
there was no electricity about 1t and
| the poles were common Dutch wind
mills. The windmill appeared in Amer
lea almost as soon as the Dutch Sc,
foot on Manhattan Island. In a few
years there was such mill on every
bit Of rising ground in the island. wher
the windmills were not running thei,
owners used them to signal with. They
worked out regular code of signals
bits of which codes tradition has hand.
eddown. When the sails were SCI
square. with one arm pointing to the