The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-30

yesterday at quick lunch restaurant
After he had eaten literally of most
of the indigestibles displayed on the
counter thin man in golf cap took
book of tickets, tore out the number
that represented the amount of his
order and as he left the place put the
tickets in front of the cashier He
turned out to be an employe in the
main office of the company which con-
troiS number of these establish
ments. The company gives out these
books OF passes to persons in it's Offices.
In a little place, not far from the
Brooklyn bridge, two men can be seen
In the small hours every morning GO
ing over the form sheets which record
the past performances of racehorses.
The two have great pride in their
ability to handicap a race, that is to
figure out which of the horses is like
liest to run according to what it has
done in the past. AT recent meeting
after a great deal of figuring they de-
cided that Orthodox couldn't help but
win next day.
Figures don't lie," said the two in
chorus when each had announced his
verdict This horse is the winner,
sure
He won, but after the race the stew
ards fined his owner 5000 for what
they regarded as the animals reversal
of form.
Compressed air is beginning to be
very useful in the best of the barber
shops, which are introducing it rapid
ly. The air does almost everything
from the servfeessl of brush after a
haircut down to blowing the excessive
powder off a cHStbmer's cheeks. The
tubes connected with the main source
of supply hang by every BARRIERS chair
now in the best equipped shops. The
innovation is another luxury which,
like most of those in these shops, did
not have its origin here
There are many noises to be heard
In New York." said the Wild-eyed man
who favors an organization of night
workers, "and most of them are far
from pleasant to the ear. But in
Eighty-third street, between Columbus
and Amsterdam avenues, on my way
nome early yesterday morning 1 heard
pleasant sound, that reminded me of
my boyhood days gin the country 1t
was cricket chfrping away in the
area of an English basement house.
l stopped to listen and behold! anoth-
er cricket struck up from the next
house. The duet was the most pleas
ing l had heard since my last vaca-
ton and I envied the people who
could go to sleep to such music in a
big city like this.
The automobiles have not brought
to the resorts near New York the same
prosperity that came to them on the
bicycle. One proprietor of an outdoor
restaurant earned fortune while the
bicycle was so popular. His successor
who bought the place struggled along
for few years and hoped that the
automobile would bring him a part Of
the prosperity that had been the lot
of the first proprietor. But it never
came. The automobilists usually
travel SO far that the resorts near the
city earn littlesor. nothing from them.
80 .ss
Has Port Arthur Fleet Sailed
ST. PETERSBURG, June ga
report that Rear Admiral Withoft,
in command of the naval forces at
Port Arthur, sailed off after giving
battle to the Japanese receives the
most credence. Without is known to
have full authority to leave Port Ar
thur if he deems it advisable, and he
possibly preferred not risking a return
to the harbor, which might again be
blocked, preventing his egress at a
critical moment. Consequently With
oft may now be steaming to join the
Vladivostok cruisers.
The usual rumors of heavy fighting
pervaded the city, but they were based
wholly on the fact that the armies are
in close touch. 1t is not generally ex-
pected here that Gen. Kuropatkin will
give battle until he reaches a position
of his own selection.
The country in which the armies are
now coming into contact consists of a
series of mountain chains, running
parallel with the railway, along which
the Russians are falling back with the
japanese following. Fen Shut, Mo Tien
and Dalin are allitpasses which take
their names from the mountains over
which they run.4 Gen. Kuroki, who has
heretofore, been, east of these noun
Siu-yan through a very rough country
and his columns must traverse the
passes named before emerging into the
more open country along the railway
approximately abreast of the Ia Tche
Kiao, Hai-tcheng and Liau-yang The
Russian outpostss and the Japanese
advance are now in close touch at all
these passes. The Russians, after har-
RAISING the Japanese advance from
each Of these positions, are falling back
on Gen. Kuropatkins main body, which
is supposed to be somewhere between
Liau-yang and Ia Tche Kiao.
Gen. kuropatkin is now moving
slowly northward along the railway
and wherever he makes a stand there
will be precipitated what is expected
to be the decisive battle of the cam
paign. In the meantime Gen. Oku is
advancing along the railway on the
heels of the withdrawing Russians. He
is backed by powerful army.