Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-01
WICKED FLEA
HAS INVADED
THE PALACES
New YOrk'S Wealthy Homes
Overcome BY TINS Agile
and TlroloSs Pest.
BRYAN week WILL ABOUND
IN FREE FOOD AND Drink
Great Clly's Poor Suffer From
High Prices Of MIA and Ice.
supply Being Short.

Supply Being Short.
Especial Correspondence.
New York, Aug. 2s-The upper
.hvest side ~ suuefing fum an epi-
aemiC ui heaa that amounts TO n poai-
4Ye pest. Tho fun Of o q that the
f'poaky critters" have attacked the
'Fery Territory in which our richest
4ni most heightened citizens dwell.
ind have spread themselves with an
tnaguincenoc. Along the Riverside
Drive stretches long line % splendid
Residences, in which costly and hue
falment is the rule and aumpiuous
hinnors o. common occurrence. while
hp heds are of down. and soft aud
lender 90 the bodies OF the slumberers'
But these beds are fall of hoas, and
b. matter how soft ana refreshing the
Wda are 90 ihe sloepcrs tao nea ia
ubiquitous and can bite as well on
iuwn us on aackclofh. The people on
no EAST side may ho scratching fer
living. but the people ~ Riverside
iriYo are scratching FOR a moments
relief As for catching the dear little
hluEl. that is impossible, far as the
fnyiLg goes. "whon you put your I'm
ger un him be isn't there % % some
eomfou that our rich people are max
ng a study OF the habits and charac-
8erisiiCs " the niiuhlo iiitio creatures.
bud by winter will be full OF kn0wl-
easo besides many "Reminiscences OF
he ncas that have dwell with them
\ with a coEHiancy that o. ,abOvc rec
tprunch People are reading mp on
Egypi and trying To- get some lines
3lpon the way the people OF that dis
racted country endured the insects.
Othora are complaining 70 their land
lords. but che landlords have hoas %
heir own and all the bother thoy
want on their own premises and per-
s0ns The color OF the parasite 10 a
eddiHi brown Ia the subway they
lnvo made themselves much at home,
noiwithaiandlnE 30 Is the 0rst subway
hes over Jaw. They DO not Goem go
rouhic themselves about tbs dlscom-
forts of the subway br simply cling
iu lho human friends they have found
lud become attached ~. There Ga no
friend no true as th0nCa. Ho never
deserts one. but digs away FOR softer
hta ul flesh and tCndorcr places to
common remedy simply sprinkle
common table salt around the habitat
ol the noa and be viii Zee away. The
trouble ~ that most people think the
nlt man As making fen of them, and
hey don't Try It.. but q is said Chat
some OF those who have tried d ind
b elhcucious
Wise New YORK Peddlers.
The poddlors have formed an or
sanitation, with certain a1ed rule,
and orders that show they afe an in
telllgUnt set Of people. They arc uui-
qultoua. and certainly IN this city the
SET Of business men who can ind con
ointment IN the procarlous craft that
Neir'a IL. must be an extraordinary
class. The police are continual
menace to them, and some days they
appear 20 have no rest FOR the aolei
0f their feet. policemen shifting then
from one point 10 another Ia m Ian
y choly procession The convention o
the New York pcddleFs' Benevolent
association passed certain rniea. Oh,
first OF which prescribed that no wom-
an except she is u widow, shall ped.
die with a puah-cari. % seems thai
When some 81 lhe peddiefs feel indis.
posed, they send their wives, an,
these sometimes outsell their neigh
hofs Of the long boards lt Is ais,
prescribed ihat no reddier shall shnu
his wares. lest be spoil the trade d
others This ia moro consideration iol
others than we looked for 10 poddlers
not finding it in other dealers; but q
is "a good rule, and Is we'll observed
as not n sound is heard from the ped.
diers In tho streets from morning q
niRht it ia trade 90 bo learned
80. as az young man Is 20 be- Above,
IS peddlo until be- has flrst learned th'
trade. only one peddler is allowed q
one corner. the best corner being gir'
en i0 ihe one giving most 90 the city
The nuahcart business la not anectoi
by the summer exodus. o. patrons u
this line do not go away 90 the Sum-
mrr resorts The association of ped
oilers. though 10 had only seventy del
egatos al its meeting. ia vlgor0d
army. and every member of o. meant
business all the time.
No Law va Free Lunch.
This town ain be- a sight for SURF
Immediately after the Bryan week oX
nlroa. The democratic club keep
open house for full week and dHuo
ul an Kinds. meals. lunches and en-
tortainmonts of al kinds viii be- ire'
a. air OF course. nobody win Do
able io resist free blowout Poll
tlciann may talk as they please, today
about the inlQul,y Of free railroad
passes, but set free lunch boforl
l them. specially II "a be accompanies
~ 81 che very best OF wines. hrandlcs
4Aaklos and tho IKE, sud every one
oi them will step up 10 the crib and ~
fcd TO the point 1f suioration. Thl
democratic club % planning for 20
siiion. and Do hopes 20 reach % NJ
means of shoWerlng donors upon th'
great traveller who ls about 90 return
from foreign shores, covered with ad
ulafi0n and praises from people IN nl
lands. and especially by hia own coun'
irymon ID IS certainly p very Inter
fstinK political campaign that send
a candidate around the rioho. and Sc
keeps him 10 touch hy Che ever rcadl
telegraph With his home folk. en'
causes hia llghteaf word. whoiho
from Egypt. japan England, Sweden
Germany. Fmuco on mid-Oceun, Oh h'
heard with the utmost respect. ans
taken iE for all 90 worth ~ ibot'
n who propose io De- bic followers Ani
pow the crownlng honor "a 20 he