New-York tribune., 1908-10-19
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A man who has a collection Of political campaign
devices prizes highly set of uniforms ~hicn "eI
used by the marching clubs Of the cainpds" -
1850 He showed them recently al an Hhploinp
,,.a,i,1 or first voters az his home. on the uppe
W. ctda AZ the reouest OF his grandson, VINO
was one Of the freshmen This black cap ~
coat he said, showing Two gaEI'leI'S
r,,v.d leather were the regular "ioea"ahe
form worn by all the Republican nnarchlhs euos
1hA men in line carried torches made OF s"Ihsis
,.rar an 5foo+ sticks and the officers carried col
ored lanterns These were the Lincoln anu ~ 49,
men The Little Giants the Democrats VINO
for Douglas and Johnson, wore sults Hne 0'
N. .enoe material except that they were yeio"'
Thn p.u and Everett clubs. the Know NothlnsS'
.tso 7rore the same uniforms, made or req Ieo'H
In the North there were no hIeCN -. 80
Zane clubs the Hard Shell Democrats ou'
marched down South in suits like ours. Hlaae -
-, ,.h o,scArs sometimes took the liberty
- u-.ar o,ber coIors than those which were pr
.cribed and some organizations hao oiS -.
colors But black meant Republicans ~ld IT,
Ds1oocrats. The marching campaign ias'TG ' q,
,...La and there has never been any '
since"
You keep rsns here'"
Meli put me up some rrensHant5c Icis sno 10 5' wr.te
few cat.stics I've pohticaI aIIIcie "
EBoston transcript
r2odIv ventilated streetcars, which oreeo p
,oo1ia and kindred diseases, are TO become
~ the rast IN Chicago Instead OF me - 1pI
which passengers "eIe AOAo0S
IN the Old cars In cold weather, Wnen "4iiu , =,
soo-s we're kent closed, there will De supp1S %
,-e.b air IN circulation at all times I'M
EFFORTS Of Health Commissioner Evans diia
oo-operation Of the board Of supervising ems -
.r5 the traction companies It Is expected ina
80, -, an tho two systems will be equipped with
anproved vcntilating devices before winter WealNe
sets in Tie Investigations OF the heaItn DeN'i'
nnsnt have proved that the deck sash system no"
| IN us, IN tn. cars is failure so far as proper
/
,r.sb air but II enters through one sash and goes
ont through another without reaching the MOOT ol
! the car Passengers get little or no oenent rom
,he air which enters the from the roof -Four
s,,st.n,s of ventilation being tried by the uac-
ton companies and two Of them are deciaIe' 70 o7
successful The systems provide for the air enter
| ing the car near the floor. passing over neateo
electric coils and out through the roof
/ you'll wake Up come day and find yourself IA
well dunno. I've been going out early FOR
| the morning papers for long time now LOUIS
/ Vile Courer-JournaL
| The attitude OF President Castro OF Venezuela
toward Holland which, according 10 cable reports.
IS one Of defiance. perhaps be best understood
hv repeatfns a remark made by the dictator under
similar circumstances several years ago The for
elzn creditors demanding payment from ven
| ezuela and several Of the countries had warships
stearning r1enacngly UP and down the Venezuelan
coast There were several cruisers IN La Guayra
| one day. President Castro. coming from Macuto,
the seaside resort, travelling UP 10 Caracas.
| the capitaI. some three thousand feet above sea
| level on the little mountainside railroad When
about third OF the way W, where there was a
good view Of the harbor. President Castro looked
steadily for a few minutes at the warshtps. then
turned to the writer with smile of satisfaction.
ard said Well. anyway. they can't come up TO
| Clracas.
You have such model husband said the lady
who Congratuating the bride
The next day the bride bethought her to look Up
the word model" in the dictionary and this IS
what she found: 'ModeI-A small imitation Of the
As an evidence OF esteem for DR.. William Osler.
regius professor of medicine al Oxford University
and formerly Of Johns Hopkins University, the
handsome auditorium building being erected in
connection with the Medical and Chtrurgtcal
IAprary. in Cathedral street Baltimore. will be
named after him. ''Dr. OsIer is looked an
ideal in the eyes Of his former associates here and
nothing can be done for him which they think would
be too r7uch." says The Baltimore Sun"
The opposed to suffrage fo- her
planned that she preferred a husband to vote
Perhaps would too replied the aSitator for
the But l have a fighting chance for the
vote Philadelphia Ledger