Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-26

An itinerant miniature earousal, with
cloekwork and piano attachment
has made its appearance upon the
streets on the western uptown side,
that has almo't made the youngsters
crazy. Six children can sit on the cir
eular seat it carries, and with their
grins and smiles and shouts they pune
tuate the notes of the piano, high
back to the seats keeping the children
from falling of, All is mounted on
cart drawn by gaily caparisoned
donkey. When the circular seat is
full there is a click, the piano strikes
up lively tune. aud the miniature
carousal begins to whirl with gentle
up and down motion added The whole
machine is operated by elockwork, AZ
ter each revolution. which last about
two minutes, the clock is rewound and
earousal and piano are ready for an.
other performance. The children pay
two cents each for each ride.
The chimes of a great clock tolled Z
through the Thirty.fourth street lobby
of the Waldorf Astoria when a page
started from the desk for the cafe.
As he entered the cafe the boy stopped
in the glare of many lights and glanced
at the card. "Mis.s-sster-" he start
ed to call, and then looked at the card
again. He cleared his throat, passed
a hand across his eyes, and holding
the card closer, again lifted up his
voice; Mis-ssster-" But that was
as far as he got. Some of the hotel
guests glanced at the youth, and saw
that he was in trouble. But the page
was there to stay. "Mister Mahahara
Cicker," he called desperately. There
was no answer. The boy was game,
He took a section of the third stanza
of the name on the card. Mister
Seenakaskel," " he called bit dismally,
but still determined The cashier
asked the page what was the matter,
The page held up the card and pointed
to the name upon it. 1t read; "Sir
Sayaji Rao III, Maharaja Gaekwar,
Sena Kas Khei, Sam Sher Bahadur
Frzandi.Kasi. Dowlat-i.Inglisha." He
amt in. tell 'em that" said the cash.
ier. The boy departed much relieved.
A young man who wanted TO get
on the police force was six pounds un'
der weight applied for advice to a cop
who had been on the force several
years. cit is the easiest thing in the
world,- said the experienced one.
"Just before you 60 in to take the
physical examination eat all the boiled
cabbage and drink all the milk you can.
Water used to be the regular thing,
but it is not so heavy as milk and the
stomach holds less of it. Mix and
cabbage are the heaviest foods in the
world. You can increase your weight
FIVE to ten pounds within an hour "
The candidate followed the advice and
followed with two pounds to spare.
Broadway is delighted with its new
pavement which is Of wood the same
kind that has been put down in some Of
the similar streets and has given good
results. The change Of pavement was
made with comparatively little inter
ference with the traffic. For the first
two or three days before the police
realized what they were up against
there was a big interruption TO traf'
fc trucks stopping the ears, so they
could maintain only the speed Of the
line Of trucks, for the trucks going one
way could go on only one track. But
after an experience Of a couple Of days
the police took new track, and or
dered all the trucks, carriages. autos
and the like to turn OF the street,
and find their destination by paral
lei street. This worked admirably, and
soon all was working well again. The
paving company also took especial
trouble TO hurry up the work, although
they did not do any work al night or
Sundays except on one occasion. The
pavement is silent and so easy on the
horses that il is a common sight toI
see the heavy teams trotting along
with load that weighs two or three
Cons.
There are two carpenter mechanics
on the east side Of Manhattan who
make a speciality Of constructing heavy
doors and secret exits for pool rooms
ana gambling houses old Jack Woods
Of the Bowery and Sing Cow, who
works for the Chinese gambling dens
Woods doors are usually from 10 TO
Is inches thick, Of sheet iron and sol
Ia wood. This year Jack bad added
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